Participants of the mass meeting in defence of freedom of speech and against censorship

Participant of the rally in defence of freedom of speech and against censorship in Ukraine with mouth taped by a sticky tape with an inscription “censorship” near the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Participants of the rally demand to cancel an order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine given to the SBU concerning state registration of Internet –editions; to do away with unconstitutional body of the state censorship – “National expert commission on issues concerning protection of public morality”; to stop practice of the government of the Prime Minister of Ukraine on classification of figures of the State Statistics Committee about condition of economics of Ukraine; to recall a draft law of one of the members of the BYUT faction on introducing amendments into Criminal Code and Criminal – Procedural Code of Ukraine (concerning slander), which provides renewal of criminal responsibility for statements and publications ect. Photo by Aleksandr Sinitsa/UNIAN