Human rights activists have asked Merkel to affect Poroshenko in human rights issues
International human rights organization Human Rights Watch appealed to the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel a petition to influence the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in human rights issues in Ukraine. " it is essential that the Chancellor strongly and unequivocally condemned the series of arrests of Russian correspondents in Ukraine. She is obliged to call on the government (Ukraine) to explain where is the photographer " Russia Today " Andrey Stenin, which disappeared in the East of Ukraine on 5 August. It should also condemn extremist antics MP Oleg Lyashko, which many times was kidnapped and tortured people, accusing them of aiding the insurgents, " the statement reads, according to ITAR-TASS. Coming August 23 visit Merkel in Kiev - it's a chance to condemn violations of international humanitarian law, pay attention to human rights defenders. In Kiev, the Forthcoming visit of the German Chancellor called the " symbolic " and consider it a gesture of political support for the current Ukrainian authorities. In Ukraine, on August 5, lost photographer MIA " Today Russia " Andrey Stenin. Together with him disappeared military Journalists " intelligence corps " Sergey Korischenko and Andrew Bachalo, they all rode in the same car. Residence of the Ambassador of Russia in Kiev eleven August sent a note to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine in connection with the theft of the photographer. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century said that the issue of the missing Stenina is at the highest level. Correspondents working in Ukraine with risk to life. The main hazards are the Ukrainian army. Their actions have already lost their lives, the Workers VGTRK Igor Korneluk and Anton Voloshin, the operator First channel Anatoly Clan, Italian journalist Andy Rochelle and his translator Andrei Mironov. The monitoring mission of the OSCE said on 22 August that the militia Donetsk national Republic found close to the Snow body disappeared in Ukraine journalist, according to one version, photographer MIA " Russia Today " Andrew Stenina. However, no evidence was found the body Stenina was not presented.