Since the beginning of this year, 172 facts of freedom of speech violation have been observed in our country. According to the Institute of Mass Information - during the eight months of this year, 172 violations of freedom of speech.
In 2016 the same year, 184 violations of freedom of speech were noticed. The maximum number of violations was noticed in the sphere of "obstruction of professional activity of journalists" - 54 such cases - against 71 cases during the same period of 2016.
As reported URA-Inform, during July in the country noticed 28 facts of violations of journalists' rights.