{"id":1264234,"date":"2025-07-17T11:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/deputies-introduce-censorship-under-the-guise-of-protecting-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:47:38","slug":"deputies-introduce-censorship-under-the-guise-of-protecting-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/deputies-introduce-censorship-under-the-guise-of-protecting-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies introduce censorship under the guise of \u201cprotecting lawyers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mzhernakov\/posts\/pfbid037W9ogQN6ZoDWpp18Z9BP6uYHKurhLnHTtejKQjDcuioDf8s4ojQ48us3rKkXhUjil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Details about Bill 12320 on the attack on freedom of speech, which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> For the sentence \u201cVitaly Serdyuk was Viktor Yanukovych\u2019s lawyer\u201d a journalist can now be held administratively liable and fined up to 13 thousand hryvnias. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law (\u211612320). 262 people\u2019s deputies voted \u201cfor\u201d \u2013 this is a collaboration between \u201cservants\u201d, ex-OPZZH and \u201cBatkivshchyna\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> Formally, to \u201cnot identify the lawyer with the client.\u201d And in fact, to prohibit any mention, criticism, and investigation if the lawyer appears in them.<\/p>\n<p> The prohibition of identification is established by key international documents. Its purpose is to protect a lawyer from persecution or pressure, primarily from the state and its law enforcement agencies. Draft Law No. 12320 distorts the meaning of this concept and wants to \u201cprotect\u201d lawyers from journalists and the public, not from state agencies.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/ukraine-is-being-tested-for-russian-authoritarianism\/\">Stress Test for Freedom: How Ukraine Resists the Pull of Russian Authoritarianism<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> The authors of the bill are the National Association of Bars of Ukraine (NAAU), an organization that has been encroaching on the freedom of speech of lawyers and journalists for years. Its leader, Lidia Izovitova, is linked to traitor Viktor Medvedchuk.<\/p>\n<p> Overall, this initiative looks like a conspiracy by pro-Russian forces and their sympathizers to silence journalists and continue the rollback of democracy in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> The bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by Hryhoriy Mamka from the former OPZZH, Maksym Buzhansky, known for his pro-Russian statements, and Serhiy Ionushas from the \u201cservants,\u201d who is also the head of the Rada\u2019s law enforcement committee. An amendment to the text, which effectively prohibits any mention of a lawyer\u2019s involvement in a client\u2019s case, was submitted by Antonina Slavytska, a figure in the OASK tapes and a former OPZZH deputy close to Pavlo Vovk.<\/p>\n<p> Bill No. 12320 is another attempt to curtail democracy in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page Details about Bill 12320 on the attack on freedom of speech, which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading. For the sentence \u201cVitaly Serdyuk was Viktor Yanukovych\u2019s lawyer\u201d a journalist can now be held administratively liable and fined up to 13 thousand hryvnias. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1264207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76885,76893],"class_list":["post-1264234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-policy","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}