Ukraine - Call for release of journalists held in eastern Ukraine

Reporters without borders

Update : The US journalist Simon Ostrovsky was released on the evening of 24 April. Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the fate of three news providers who are detained or missing in eastern Ukraine, part of which is becoming increasingly lawless as a result of an insurrection against the central government. The self-proclaimed “People's Republic of Donetsk” so far only controls the city of Sloviansk and administrative buildings in other cities but is trying to extend its (...)

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