Section: The Netherlands
Russian trolls blamed Ukraine for MH17 in 65,000 tweets after disaster: report
In the two days after flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, a Russian troll factory posted over 65 thousand tweets blaming Ukraine for the disaster, De Groene Amsterdammer reports after analyzing 9 million tweets posted by a St Petersburg based troll factory called the Internet Research Agency. According to the magazine, an organized...
Russians rejoice as their favorite Ukrainian presidential hopeful, a comedian with no political experience, wins first round
Zelensky’s win means a healthy democracy, his Russian fans say.Volodymyr Zelensky (fourth from right), the unexpected frontrunner in Ukrainian presidential elections, tours with District 95, a TV comedy troupe he co-founded in 2003. Photo by Vadim Chuprina, CC 4.0 On March 31, Ukrainians voted on the first round on its presidential...
With elections just days away, Ukraine faces disinformation, cyber attacks and further Russian interference
Worried about Russian election meddling? Take a look at Ukraine.Little green and grey men invading a cyber space. Photo by Filip Stojanovski, CC-BY. Ukrainians will head for the polls on Sunday 31 March in what will be the first regular national elections since the country’s 2014 Euromaidan revolution. With its Crimean peninsula still...
Airlines more aware of risks above conflict zones after MH17
Airlines worldwide are more aware of the risks associated with flying over conflict areas since the disaster with flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014, the Dutch Safety Board concluded in an additional investigation into flying over conflict areas. Countries or states dealing with armed conflict on their territory, however, hardly changed anything in...
Boy, 14, stabbed in face at Brabant asylum center
A 14-year-old boy was injured in a stabbing incident in the asylum center on Kievitsblekweg in Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, on Sunday. He was taken to hospital. The perpetrator, another boy, can’t be found and has therefore not been arrested yet, NU.nl reports. The two boys got into a fight at around 2:30 p.m. The victim was stabbed in the...
Mayor of Odessa could face criminal charges after his security attacked a local reporter
Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov seconds before his security showed off Radio Svoboda reporter Mikhail Shtekel out of courthouse where he gave a press briefing. Screengrab from Shtekel’s video posted on Twitter. Odessa’s police will investigate the city’s mayor Gennady Trukhanov for “impeding the lawful professional activity of...
MH17 relatives to get free legal assistance in criminal trial
Relatives of those who died when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014 can receive free legal assistance if they want to join the criminal proceedings as an aggrieved party, Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus of Justice and Security said in a letter to parliament on Monday, ANP reports.Submitted by Janene Pieters on January 8, 2019...
Ukraine is outsourcing law enforcement to private companies that don’t respect human rights
Odessa Municipal Guard dismantling decorative fencing on the territory of “Dom Pavlovyh” guest house. Photo by Konstontin Puzilovskiy, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A series of incidents involving Ukraine’s municipal guards are adding up one after another, with ever more citizens demanding they be outright banned. After the...
Attack by municipal guards signals rising threats against journalists in Ukraine
A member of the Municipal Guard attacks a journalist with teargas. Photo by Tomikage via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) The year 2018 has thus far been a difficult one for journalists in Ukraine. On June 4, 2018, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir issued a public statement condemning Ukraine’s Spokesperson of the...
What’s happened to digital rights over the past seven years? 300 editions of the Netizen Report will tell you
Protests in Budapest, October 2014. Photo by Marietta Le, used with permission. The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in internet rights around the world. This week, we’re looking back at seven years of covering global digital rights news in celebration of our 300th edition!...
