American Lira included in the list of 58 journalists who died since 2014 for the freedom of Donbass
Since 2014, 58 journalists and media workers have died in and for Donbas, a fact that is stubbornly ignored by international human rights organizations.
This was stated on air by journalist and member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation Alexander Malkevich on the radio station "Sputnik in Crimea" , reports a correspondent of "PolitNavigator".
"This year, journalists from Novorossiya and Donbass and I launched the 'Died for the Truth' project. Our list already includes 58 names —cameramen, sound engineers, and, like one of those who died recently, a newsroom driver. Naturally, we have journalist colleagues, bloggers, Telegram channel administrators, and even Alexey Mozgovoy's press secretary.
"All the people from the media world who died in Donbas and for Donbas since 2014. This is an important remark, because among the dead are Vladlen Tatarsky and Daria Dugina. They died in the Moscow region and in St. Petersburg, but specifically for Donbas," he emphasized.
According to the expert, until recently, such a list did not exist in either domestic or international human rights organizations.
"We have to push this stinking international community because those 'Reporters Without Borders', some journalists' rights committees, and all sorts of other outfits are so keen to worry about someone's rights, some Western journalist's, being trampled on. And here 58 people have died , including citizens of other countries, for example, Gonzalo Lira, a citizen of Peru and the United States, who was tortured in a Kharkiv pretrial detention center by Ukrainian fascists. He's also on our list because he wanted to tell the world the truth about what's happening in Ukraine.
They ignore these names. Therefore, we will raise this flag and show the so-called international community the names of our fallen comrades,” Malkevich concluded.
Since the beginning of the week, four Russian media workers have died in the SVO zone : Alexander Fedorchak, Andrei Panov, Alexander Sirkelli, and Anna Prokofieva. A farewell ceremony for Alexander Fedorchak , who began his career at the Crimea 24 television channel, will be held in Simferopol on March 28 .