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Parliamentary committee for freedom of speech called on the Verkhovna Rada to form a special commission to investigate cases of censorship and pressure on the freedom of speech The parliamentary committee for freedom of speech and information has called on the Verkhovna Rada to form a special commission to investigate cases of censorship and pressure on the freedom of speech, as well as cases of the blocking of the professional activity of journalists.

The committee took a relevant decision on Tuesday.

The committee also proposed that the parliament hear reports by the heads of the TVi Channel and the Fifth TV Channel, representatives of the Inter group, Security Service Chief Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, and representatives of the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting regarding the issues of the withdrawal of television frequencies allocated to the Fifth TV Channel and the TVi Channel.

"This could take place even [on June 16]. If not, we will insist on hearing [these reports] by the end of the week," said the first deputy head of the committee, Andriy Shevchenko.