OSCE calls for release of missing journalists

OSCE calls for release of missing journalists

“I am extremely worried about the escalation of attacks against journalists in Crimea,” Mijatović said. “The responsibility for ensuring journalists’ safety lies with those responsible for law and order in Crimea, and they must immediately release these journalists.”

The OSCE statement quoted reports that said Oles Kromplyas and Olena Maksimenko, journalists with the Glavkom and Ukrainskiy Tizhden news portals, and their driver Eugene Rakhno, were on March 9 stopped by representatives of the Berkut law enforcement squad at the checkpoint near Armyansk, Crimea.

They were then kidnapped by unknown people in military uniform and their current whereabouts are unknown, the statement noted.