AI calls on journalists to support commemoration of Anna Politkovskaya

The human rights organization "Amnesty International" (AI) has called on media editions in Russia and other countries to support, on October 7, the international action in memory of Anna Politkovskaya.

According to the AI, since Anna Politkovskaya's murder, despite the sentencing in her case, "Russian authorities have done in fact nothing to protect journalists."

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that back on December 14, 2012, the MCC found the former policeman Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov guilty of Politkovskaya’s murder and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. On June 9, 2014,  the Moscow City Court found other five defendants also guilty in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. Two of them were sentenced to life-long imprisonment. Other defendants received prison terms from 12 to 20 years.

This year commemoration event is scheduled for October 7 – eight years after the death of Anna Politkovskaya. "The AI asks the editions that support the action to make brief solidarity messages for posting on the websites of the AI and 'Novaya Gazeta', and, if possible, to post them on their websites," says the AI's release received today by the "Caucasian Knot".

Over ten Russian media, including the radio stations "Echo Moskvy" and Radio Liberty, the TV Channel "Dozhd", as well as several regional editions, have already reported their participation in the action, the AI said.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.