Seven Year Anniversary
Sept. 16, 2007 will be the seven year anniversary of Gongadzhe's disappearance and as journalists cover the story yet again, the report card for President Yuschenko and the government is not good. Zerkalo Nedeli goes so far to call it as "seven years of human tragedy and political dancing on the bones”.
Today in Kyiv, The International Federation of Journalists has released a copy of its third report regarding Gongadzhe's disappearance and the finding of his beheaded body. The title of the report, "Official Obstruction is Rewarded" refers to President Yushchenko's action in presenting the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise award to the former general prosecutor Mikhail Potebenko. [Taras Kuzio wote about in his blog (see entry entitled "A Shameful Decision" dated Feb. 19, 2007) which brought the award ceremony to the attention of western media.]
Radio Free Europe summarizes the findings of the IFJ report as "Ukraine Lacks 'Political Will' To Solve Gongadze Case" which basicly means that the case will not be closed anytime soon.
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Woohoo!
Someone (finally) listened to me...
You're going to be a fine blogger IIU! Don't forget to get Dan to link to Taras R at Ukrainiana!
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