The head of the Union of correspondents of Russia Vsevolod Bogdanov again tried to convince more likely to consider amendments to the media law, involving, and among them the obligation of the employer to provide a journalist working in hot spots, special equipment and identity, the possibility of special training, additional insurance.
in the night of Monday died cameraman of the First channel of Russian television Anatoly Clan, having come under fire near Donetsk in Ukraine Together with colleagues. The journalist received incompatible with life wounded by gunfire from the security forces near one of the military units, where the film crew came to make a report.
the head of the Union of correspondents of Russia expressed his condolences to the family of the operator.
" Currently, there are several issues to regulate the liability of employers for the promise of correspondents in the hot spot and for the consequences which may be: for insurance journalist and so on. The second topic is the responsibility of the journalist, before you go on such a trip, you got ahead of time to prepare, " said Bogdanov Last news .
before the presidential Council on the human rights Committee (HRC) has developed a draft law suggesting amendments in the law on media changes intended to increase the safety of reporters when working in hot spots. Human rights activists propose to oblige the employer to provide a journalist working in the area of armed conflict, means of individual protection, special equipment and the identification mark " Press/Press ", passing journalist special training, additional insurance, carrying out voluntary genomic registration. Also, according to the amendment, the employer will need to provide the international journalist " identity journalists engaged in dangerous trip ", which provided additional Protocol to the Geneva conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts.
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