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Russian journalists ask Ukrainian President for Kirill Vyshinsky release

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Russian journalists ask Ukrainian President for Kirill Vyshinsky release


24.04.2019

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Russian journalists have sent an open letter to elected Ukrainian president, Vladimir  Zelensky, asking him to assist the release of journalist Cyril Vyshinsky, TASS reports.

The authors of the letter reminded the elected head of state that he had previously spoken of the need for freedom of the media. They are convinced that the arrest of Vyshinsky contradicts the fundamental provisions of freedom of speech, human rights and rights of journalists.

The letter calls on Zelensky to pay attention to the Vyshinsky case and make efforts to get him released from custody as soon as possible.

The letter was signed by the editor-in-chief of Russia 24, Yevgeny Bekasov, the general director of TASS, Sergey Mikhailov, the general director of the publishing house Argumenty i Fakty, Ruslan Novikov, the chief editor of the MIA Russia Today, RT and Sputnik, Margarita Simonyan, journalists Irada Zeynalova, Tina Kandelaki and many others.

Note that the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Dezir, once again appealed to the Kiev authorities to release Vyshinsky from custody. He promised to continue to closely monitor his case.

Harlem Dezir is convinced that Kiev needs to work more actively to investigate the Vyshinsky case.

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