Myroslava Gongadze

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Blog | Ukraine

Despite official comments, no progress in Gongadze case

By Muzaffar Suleymanov/CPJ Europe and Central Asia Research Associate
Years after Georgy Gongadze was killed, justice is still evasive. The journalist is seen here standing next to his wife, Myroslava, in a photo from 1995. (AP/Gongadze family)

More than 12 years after several police officers strangled and beheaded muckraking online reporter Georgy Gongadze in a forest outside Kiev, justice in the case is still evasive and riddled with, well, riddles.

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February 21, 2013 4:55 PM ET |
Tags: Aleksei Pukach, Georgy Gongadze, Kiev, Killed, Legal Action, Leonid Kuchma, Myroslava Gongadze, Renat Kuzmin, Valentina Telychenko, Yuri Kravchenko
Alerts | Ukraine

In Gongadze case, a milestone toward justice

New York, January 29, 2013--The conviction today of a former high-ranking Ukrainian police official in the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze is a long-overdue step, but justice will not be fully served until all of the perpetrators are held responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Gongadze, founder and editor of the critical news website Ukrainska Pravda, was the first online journalist worldwide to be murdered for his work, according to CPJ research.

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January 29, 2013 3:07 PM ET |
Tags: Aleksei Pukach, Georgy Gongadze, Impact, Internet, Killed, Legal Action, Leonid Kuchma, Myroslava Gongadze, Ukrainska Pravda

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