The detention or seizure of authorized mass media as hostages in Ukraine invalid, the Journalist is not obliged to be limited in their work, according to Amnesty International.
last week Ukraine was gone photographer MIA " Russia today " Andrei Stenin, who worked in Donetsk, Slavyansk and other cities of Eastern Ukraine. He stopped to contact with August 5, when the editorial office received his latest material. According to the information close to the headquarters of the commander of the militia of the self-proclaimed DND Igor strelkov, He, most likely, with the authorized intelligence corps militia went to Shakhtersk, where he was captured by militants " Right sector ". Currently, the photographer has the opportunity to be in the SBU in Zaporozhye.
" traditionally, We believe that representatives of mass media and correspondents may not be hostages. We always are fundamentally opposed to civilians or authorized press any of the belligerents captured as hostages, " said the Last news the head of the Russian branch of Amnesty International Sergey Nikitin.
He said that both sides of the internal armed conflict in Ukraine are obliged not to violate the rights of journalists are not the only in this case Steinem, but in situations with all of the media representatives.
" Journalists must not have any restrictions in their work, and, naturally, We are always concerned when a Journalist becomes a hostage with any party, " said Nikitin.
on the first day of the week the Public chamber of the Russian Federation appealed to international human rights organisations " reporters without borders ", " human rights watch " (HRW), " International Amnesty " (Amnesty International) with the request to help in the search of the missing photocorr, as well as to demand from the person of their organizations, so the Kiev authorities respect the rights of reporters.
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