“This week, a Ukrainian court ruled it’s not OK to call a neo-Nazi group a neo-Nazi group.”
“In May 2018, a tweet from Ukrainian independent media outlet Hromadske, on its international English-language Twitter account, described C14 as “neo-Nazi.””
“In response to this tweet, C14 sued Hromadske. On August 6, 2019, a court in Kyiv ruled in C14’s favour.”
“As Hromadske’s own story on the verdict reports: “[the] court noted that the information circulated by Hromadske back in May 2018 “harms the reputation” of C14 and ordered Hromadske to refute the information and pay 3,500UAH ($136) in court fees to C14.””
“The ruling shocked human rights groups, journalists and other observers both inside and outside of Ukraine. Even the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media tweeted its concern about the ruling, arguing that it “goes against #mediafreedom and could discourage journalistic work” in Ukraine.”
“But, as we explain here in this brief investigation, the phrase “neo-Nazi” should be used to describe C14.”
Read more: Yes, It’s (Still) OK To Call Ukraine’s C14 “Neo-Nazi”
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