Ukraine - Two journalists still held hostage in Sloviansk after two others freed

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very relieved to learn that Artem Deynega, a netizen, and Sergei Lefter, a journalist who had been acting as an observer for the Open Dialogue Foundation, an NGO, were released in Sloviansk on 6 May after being held hostage by pro-Russian militiamen for more than three weeks. Deynega was abducted on 13 April after installing a web camera on the balcony of his Sloviansk apartment. Lefter was arrested near Sloviansk on 15 April as he was leaving the city. He has (...)

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