The Committee of protection of correspondents tried to convince to investigate the death of the operator Clana

The human rights organization, the Committee of protection of correspondents (CPJ) on Tuesday called on to investigate the death of a cameraman of the First channel Anatoly Clan, who was killed in a missile attack in the Donetsk region.

" The murder of Anatoly Clana shows once again that Eastern Ukraine is only dangerous place for journalists, despite the message of the dialogue between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders, " said program coordinator of the Department for Europe and Central Asia Nina Ognianova.

" We urge the Ukrainian authorities to conduct a quick and transparent procedures death Clan ", - she added.

" Freedom of the press in Ukraine, the most South-Eastern regions, where there unrest, however, had deteriorated in the last days, what show CPJ research. Correspondents and media become in order for all parties to the conflict ", - concluded Ognianova.

The cameraman of the First channel of Russian television Anatoly Clan died in Monday night near Donetsk. 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. Under bullets Together with the deceased cameraman of the First channel was Also a correspondent of the Russian TV channels of the WORLD 24, REN-TV and LifeNews. Also on 17 June in Ukraine took the life of the Journalist of " Vesti " Igor Igor and video engineer VGTRK Anton Voloshin. They were killed by mortar fire near the villages of Metalist and Peaceful near the city of Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. The shooting crew of Russian TV channels repeatedly detained by the security forces or came Under fire.


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