Ukraine crack downs on critics and media outlets considered anti-patriotic in their reporting. National Security Service agents raid the Kiev offices of independent news website Strana, and a member of parliament criticizes the head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine for his response to the raid. Authorities expel Russian journalist Tamara Nersesyan over her reporting on the east Ukraine conflict.
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CPJ requests a meeting with the Israeli ambassador to the United States to discuss the Israeli government's threats to close Al-Jazeera's bureau and other threats to press freedom in the country.