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{{Display censorship incident | {{Display censorship incident | ||
|ongoing= | |ongoing=no | ||
|year=2014 | |year=2014 | ||
|region= | |region=Europe | ||
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion | |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ||
|confronting_bodies=The National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine | |confronting_bodies=The National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine | ||
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|date_of_action=March 11, 2014 | |date_of_action=March 11, 2014 | ||
|location=Ukraine | |location=Ukraine | ||
|description_of_content=Russian TV channels Vesti, Russia 24, Channel One (worldwide transmission), RTR ‘Planeta’, and NTV-World | |description_of_content=Russian TV channels Vesti, Russia 24, Channel One (worldwide transmission), RTR ‘Planeta’, and NTV-World. | ||
|description_of_incident=The OSCE has | |description_of_incident=The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has criticized Kiev’s “repressive” move to shut down the broadcasting of Russian TV channels after the media watchdog reported over 50% of providers have already fulfilled the order allegedly aimed at “ensuring national security and sovereignty.” | ||
“As of 11:00 GMT, March 11th, 50 percent of providers throughout Ukraine have disabled broadcasting of foreign channels,” others are preparing to follow, the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine, said on its website. (http://rt.com/news/russian-tv-suspended-ukraine-242/) | “As of 11:00 GMT, March 11th, 50 percent of providers throughout Ukraine have disabled broadcasting of foreign channels,” others are preparing to follow, the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine, said on its website. (http://rt.com/news/russian-tv-suspended-ukraine-242/) | ||