EU betreurt traag verloop juridisch onderzoek naar moord op journalist Georgiy Gongadze (en)
Met dank overgenomen van Brits voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2005, gepubliceerd op vrijdag 16 september 2005.
(16/09/05)
Brussels, 16 September 2005
12452/04 (Presse 267)
P 106/04
On the fifth anniversary of the disappearance and murder of the journalist Georgiy Gongadze, the European Union wishes to express its concern that the investigation into the circumstances of his death is still not completed.
In the last year there have been positive developments in the sphere of media freedom in Ukraine. These should now be consolidated so that there can no longer be any question about the security and safety of media professionals or their freedom to report objectively on the situation in Ukraine. The EU therefore calls on the Ukrainian authorities to continue to do their utmost to complete the investigation of the murder of Georgiy Gongadze and bring the perpetrators to justice.