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Thursday, August 14, 2014

In the line of fire: Journalists killed and abducted in Eastern Ukraine

Published time: August 14, 2014 04:04
 As human rights organizations call for an end to repression against the press in Eastern Ukraine, RT recalls the journalists who were abducted, tortured or paid the ultimate price and lost their lives while reporting from the heart of the civil war.
Eastern Ukraine has been dubbed a “trap for journalists” by Human Rights Watch’s representative in Russia as the deepening crisis has already taken the lives of six journalists since the beginning of the year.
Many more journalists have been abducted, interrogated and even tortured while caught in the crossfire in the fighting between the Ukraine Army and the militia forces of southeastern Ukraine.

RT takes a look at some of the deadliest and most brutal incidents.

Igor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin (Russia) – killed

Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin both worked for Rossiya TV channel. On June 17, Kornelyuk, a correspondent for Vesti, and Voloshin, a video engineer, were killed during a mortar shelling of the Metallist and Mirnoye villages near Lugansk.
They were the first Russian journalists to have died in the line of duty in Ukraine since the coup in Kiev and the beginning of civil unrest in the eastern regions.
Igor Kornelyuk (L) and Anton Voloshin (RIA Novosti)
Igor Kornelyuk (L) and Anton Voloshin (RIA Novosti)

Anatoly Klyan (Russia) – killed

On June 30, a cameraman from Russia’s Channel One television, Anatoly Klyan, was killed by law enforcement agencies in the eastern city of Donetsk. Klyan, along with a few other journalists, boarded a bus full of women – mostly mothers – who were traveling to a military base in Donetsk to demand the disbandment of a military unit where their sons had been recruited to serve. He was wounded in the stomach as the bus was shelled and died on the way to the hospital.
Anatoly Klyan (RIA Novosti)
Anatoly Klyan (RIA Novosti)

Andrea Rocchelli (Italy) with interpreter Andrey Mironov (Russia) – killed

Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli was hit along with his interpreter, Andrey Mironov, by Kiev’s mortar fire near the village of Andreevka, a couple of kilometers from Slavyansk, on May 25. Rocchelli was covering the ongoing conflict ahead of the snap presidential elections.
Andrey Mironov (L) and Andrea Rocchelli (R)
Andrey Mironov (L) and Andrea Rocchelli (R)

Andrey Stenin (Russia) - missing

On August 5, Rossiya Segodnya (formerly RIA Novosti) news agency received photo-journalist Andrey Stenin’s last report before he went missing. He reported from the center of the Ukrainian crisis, beginning with Kiev’s Maidan protests in November following onto the horrors of Odessa, then in the Crimea, and most lately, the fierce fighting in parts of east Ukraine.
Andrey Stenin (RIA Novosti)
Andrey Stenin (RIA Novosti)

Graham Phillips (UK) – abducted, interrogated

Graham Phillips, a UK national, has been working as a freelance journalist and as an RT contributor in eastern Ukraine. He was detained by Ukrainian security service twice. First he was detained in May at a checkpoint near Mariupol and held captive by the Kiev military for over 36 hours. Then in late July he was captured at the Donetsk international airport, interrogated and allegedly tortured for reporting about the developments in Ukraine. Following his release, Graham was banned from returning to Ukraine for three years.
British journalist Graham Phillips (Image from grahamwphillips.com)
British journalist Graham Phillips (Image from grahamwphillips.com)

Simon Ostrovsky (US) – abducted, interrogated

On April 21, Simon Ostrovsky was taken captive in Slavyansk by the local militia while producing "Russian Roulette," a series of video reports for Vice News. He was interrogated on the basis of claims that he had links to the far-right group Right Sector. He was held captive in a basement in the local SBU headquarters for four days and then released.
US journalist Simon Ostrovsky (AFP Photo)
US journalist Simon Ostrovsky (AFP Photo)

Anton Skiba (Ukraine) – abducted, interrogated

On July 22, Anton Skiba, a freelance Ukrainian journalist working for US news network CNN, was captured by the local militia in Donetsk. He was questioned on suspicion of having multiple forms of identification with different surnames.
Anton Skiba (Still from YouTube video)
Anton Skiba (Still from YouTube video)

Evgeny Davydov, Nikita Konashenkov (Russia) – abducted, tortured

Russian journalists Evgeny Davydov and Nikita Konashenkov, working for working for Zvezda TV channel, were captured by Kiev’s forces on June 14 while on their way to the airport in Dnepropetrovsk, heading back home. They were interrogated and tortured by the Right Sector group, as they described their abductors, for two days. The journalists said that along with constant intimidation, interrogations and beatings, they received several death threats from their captors.
Russian journalists Evgeny Davydov and Nikita Konashenkov (RIA Novosti)
Russian journalists Evgeny Davydov and Nikita Konashenkov (RIA Novosti)

Oleg Sidyakin, Marat Saichenko (Russia) – abducted, tortured

On May 18, two journalists from Russia’s LifeNews, Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko, were detained near Kramatorsk by Kiev’s forces. The Ukrainian authorities accused them of assisting “terrorism” in the east of the country while a video of the two was released showing them with their hands tied, kneeling on the ground. The journalists were released after a week.
Oleg Sidyakin, Marat Saichenko (Image from www.lifenews.ru)
Oleg Sidyakin, Marat Saichenko (Image from www.lifenews.ru)

Andrey Sushenkov, Anton Malyshev (Russia) - abducted, interrogated

The Ukrainian National Guard detained Zvezda TV channel’s video operator Andrey Sushenkov and sound engineer Anton Malyshev at a military roadblock near the city of Slavyansk on June 6. According to their driver, they were blindfolded and handcuffed during a routine check, and then taken to an undisclosed location. They were held captive for two days and accused of espionage.
Andrey Sushenkov, Anton Malyshev (Photo from tvzvezda.ru)
Andrey Sushenkov, Anton Malyshev (Photo from tvzvezda.ru)

Many more journalists from a range of media outlets have come under fire during the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian troops have also fired at people with cameras, as well as people wearing protective press vests.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based organization promoting the freedom of the press and protection of journalists from persecution, on Wednesday slammed the conditions of press freedom in Ukraine, especially in the eastern regions engulfed by warfare, calling them volatile and deteriorating.00

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