e*******e 发帖数: 9616 | 1 Kiev must clarify what happened to a Russian journalist who went missing in
Ukraine, a US press freedom watchdog said after a Ukrainian police official
said the correspondent was arrested, only to backtrack on his words hours
later.
Andrey Stenin, a photojournalist contributing to several leading Russian and
international news agencies like AP, Reuters, AFP,Rossiya Segodnya (RIA
Novosti) and ITAR-TASS, disappeared in eastern Ukraine last week while
covering the military campaign being conducted there by Ukrainian troops.
On Tuesday, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister,
told Latvian radio station Baltkom that the journalist was arrested by the
Ukrainian Security Service and stands accused of “aiding and glorifying
terrorism.” The official later backtracked on the statement, saying that it
was only his assumption and that he had no “documentary proof” of Stenin
’s arrest.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based organization
promoting the freedom of the press and protection of journalists from
persecution, called on Kiev to clarify what happened to the Russian
journalist.
"We call on Ukrainian authorities to clarify the status of Andrey Stenin,
who has been missing in the eastern part of the country for a week," CPJ
Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "If
Ukrainian authorities are indeed holding the journalist, they should release
him immediately and allow the media to cover events freely."
Flash mob #Free Andrew in support of the Russia Today photograper Andrei
Stenin who has got lost in Ukraine (RIA Novosti / Valery Melnikov)
The organization noted that conditions of press freedom in Ukraine,
especially in the eastern parts engulfed by warfare are volatile and
deteriorating, with journalists being detained, attacked, abducted and
killed.
Pictures of courage: A look at the acclaimed work of missing Russian
photographer Andrey Stenin
Earlier other organizations promoting media freedoms and human rights,
including the International Federation of Journalists, the European
Federation of Journalists and Amnesty International called on Ukraine to
investigate Stenin’s disappearance, and release him if he has been arrested.
Meanwhile Russia has launched a criminal investigation into the suspected
kidnapping of the journalist.
“We hope that the Ukrainian authorities would respond to our request for
legal assistance and take necessary measures to free Andrey Stenin, whose
only ‘guilt’ is the brave and honest fulfillment of his journalistic duty,
” spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said.
Kiev has a record of mistreating Russian journalist recently, with people
working for LifeNews TV channel, Channel One TV, and RTTV among others
subjected to attacks, detentions and expulsions. Stenin’s case is arguably
the worst so far, with his whereabouts remaining unknown for a week after
his disappearances.
Stenin was covering the hostilities in eastern Ukraine, with his photos
including soldiers of the Ukrainian army captured by the armed militia,
results of Ukrainian artillery shelling of militia-held cities and the crash
site of the Malaysian Airlines plane that was downed over Donetsk Region in
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"...... to free Andrey Stenin, whose only ‘guilt’ is the brave and honest
fulfillment of his journalistic duty, ” spokesman for the Russian
Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said" |
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