(1 Mar 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Various of activists from the Stop Censorship movement wearing masks with the face of Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych in the Ukrainian House exhibition and trade centre in Kiev
2. Close of photographer with mask on poised to take a photograph
STORYLINE
Activists from the Stop Censorship movement donned masks of the Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, during a news conference at the Ukrainian House in Kiev on Friday.
Ukrainian journalists and media organisations created the movement to uphold freedom of speech in Ukraine.
The group is alleged to have formed in light of statements made on Ukrainian television channels 1+1 and STB that intimated the introduction of censorship in their editorial offices, according to reports made by local media.
Activists say they are aggrieved by the current laws that permit a select number of journalists and publications to question president Yanukovych.
Security guards inside the Ukrainian House did not impede the activists' actions, and they all remained seated during the news conference.
Stop Censorship are, according to their website, an independent, non-political movement which is not supported by any of the country's political parties.
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