New York, December 27, 2013--The Ukrainian government must ensure that a thorough, independent, and transparent investigation is conducted in the brutal attack early Wednesday on prominent journalist Tetyana Chornovol, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Chornovol remains hospitalized in the capital, Kiev, with a concussion and multiple head injuries.
Committee to Protect Journalists: Ukraine must hold independent probe in journalist beating
: A photo of Tetyana Chornovol, popular Ukrainian journalist and opposition activist beaten by unknown people is set in front of the barricade at the protesters camp on Independence Square in KIev on December 27, 2013, during non-stop protests of pro-EU opposition in the Ukrainian capital. The United States on Thursday expressed concern over the targeting of journalists and activists taking part in pro-EU rallies in Ukraine, calling the savage beating of one opposition journalist \"particularly disturbing.\" AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY
