President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that he held a meeting with law enforcement officers, including the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk, at which they discussed the surveillance of Bihus.Info journalists, about which information had appeared the day before.
Source: appeal Zelensky
Direct speech: “Separately regarding the situation with our journalists, in particular the fact of surveillance of journalists. The SBU has launched an investigation and will find out all the circumstances. Any pressure on journalists is unacceptable.”
Details: The president also said that at the meeting he heard the main reports on countering collaborators and on destroying the enemy’s logistics.
Background:
- On January 16, a video was leaked online showing employees of the Bihus.Info investigation project possibly using drugs. Project manager Denis Bigus recorded a video message with explanations and assured that everyone who collaborates with Bihus.Info will take drug tests.
- Later, Bihus stated that after communicating with the people involved in the video, it turned out that the members of the Bihus.Info editorial team were followed for about a year, and fragments of intercepted conversations were edited from several episodes, between which months passed.
- The Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech promised to formulate a request to the Security Service of Ukraine to find out who was involved in the surveillance of Bihus.Info journalists.
- The Security Service of Ukraine stated that it is investigating the circumstances of illegal wiretapping and video recording of representatives of the Bihus.Info project.
2024-01-17 20:19:38
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