The HRC will offer increased precautions correspondents in hot spots
The presidential Council on human rights plans for next week to prepare specifications in Russian law that would tighten security correspondents when working in hot spots, said Last news the head of the Board Mikhail Fedotov at the meeting with representatives of the French Embassy.
on Wednesday passed soveshanie members of the Council with the Ambassador of France in Russia Jean-Maurice Ripert, French Ambassador for special assignments for human rights by Patrizianna Sparacino-Tilley and second Secretary of the Embassy of France Marie para. During the meeting turned out to discuss the problem of domestic violence, availability of housing, and also ways of interaction and exchange of experience in the human rights field.
employees of the foreign Ministry also supported the idea of Russian and Ukrainian human rights activists share the mission to work in Ukraine, he added.
the journalist of " Vesti " Igor Korneluk died on Tuesday from the received damages under mortar fire near the city of Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. His colleague, engineer Anton Voloshin had been missing. On Tuesday evening a letter confirming the death Voloshin appeared on the Internet representative office of " Vesti ". The operator Viktor Denisov identified in a morgue body Voloshin. On Wednesday, their bodies were brought to the Russian Federation.
One of the main topics of discussion were the international aspects of the protection of the rights of correspondents. The HRC want to offer refinement in the Russian law, which could strengthen the protection of correspondents when working in hot spots.
" We offer to make to the law " On mass media " the obligation of employers to provide correspondents traveling to hot spots, first, additional insurance - insurance of life, health