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UN spokesman Benjamin Moreau called on Ukrainian parliamentarians to take the necessary measures to close the Myrotvorets website. He said this during a speech at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech, RIA Novosti reported.
The deputy head of the UN monitoring mission in Ukraine recalled that the infamous website makes public the personal data of people whose activities the site’s creators consider harmful to Ukraine. Journalists are also among those who end up in the database.
The publication of personal data is contrary to the laws of Ukraine, as well as the international obligations of Kiev. This poses a threat to people, Moro stated. He referred to the murder of journalist Oles Buzina as an example.
Moreau stressed that the UN is very worried about attacks on media representatives in Ukraine. Not so long ago, unknown criminals attacked the journalist Vadim Komarov, who died several months later. Three years have passed since the murder of Pavel Sheremet, and the killers have not yet been found.
Note that the Myrotvorets website uploaded personal data of not only Russian and Ukrainian, but also foreign journalists who received accreditation in Donetsk and Lugansk. Some of them were threatened. Еру access to the Myrotvorets is blocked by court order in Russia. The list of the resource includes many journalists and cultural figures from Russia.
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