Tamara Nersesyan

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CPJ calls on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to reaffirm his commitment to ensuring journalists’ safety

CPJ calls on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to publically denounce the recent SBU actions against the press and reaffirming his commitment to ensuring journalists’ safety.

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Ukrainian servicemen are seen at their position in Avdiyivka, eastern Ukraine, February 9, 2017. Ukraine expelled Russian journalist Tamara Nersesyan, accusing her of inflaming the conflict in eastern Ukraine, today. (Reuters/Oleksandr Klymenko)

Ukraine expels Russian journalist

New York, August 15, 2017–Ukrainian security and immigration authorities should remove all restrictions on Russian journalist Tamara Nersesyan’s ability to report from Ukraine, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU) last night detained Nersesyan, a special correspondent for the Russian state broadcaster VGTRK, and deported her to Russia.

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