Issue of inciting hatred in Ukraine raised in OSCE

On June 19-20, Vienna’s Hofburg hosted an OSCE conference on freedom of media, counteracting fake news and propaganda, where the "Ukrainian question" was raised, reports a UOJ correspondent.

At the conference, representatives of the OSCE participating States, journalists and human rights activists discussed increased discrimination and hate speech in Ukraine – including in connection with conflicts on religious ground.

The meeting participants shared their experience in covering armed conflicts in the Middle East and other hot spots, discussed what to call fake news and propaganda, agreed to work together to free journalists from prison.

These days, the topic of media coverage of religious conflicts was raised at the OSCE conference on countering discrimination against Christians. The delegation of the UOC presented a report on the infringement of believers in Ukraine.

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