[Advocacy Advisors] Ukrainian libel bill

Tue Oct 2 16:25:52 UTC 2012

Sorry, I should have looked myself. There is a Reuters article about the
bill here:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/uk-ukraine-election-defamation-idUKBRE89109920121002

Apparently, it has just been scrapped.

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(Reuters) - The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday scrapped a draft bill which
would have made defamation a crime punishable by jail, a move the
opposition and media had feared was a step towards censorship before a
parliamentary election later this month.

Deputies from President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions and their
allies, who hold the majority in parliament. rushed through the draft law's
first reading on September 18. It would have allowed prison terms of up to
five years for offenders.
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Opposition spokesmen warn the bill may make a comeback later.

Andreas

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would it be possible to see a similar summary from people who are in
> favour of the bill? Perspective requires seeing things from more than one
> point of view.
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> The Ukrainian Wikipedia recently ran a banner opposing a Ukrainian libel
>> bill. It would be great to hear your perspective if your are familiar with
>> this bill.
>>
>> The banner:
>> https://uk.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&oldid=10492617
>>
>> A statement about the bill:
>> https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BF/en
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
>> --
>> Stephen LaPorte
>> Legal Counsel
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
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