Separatists in East Ukraine threatened journalists reporting on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster. The plane was downed on Thursday 18 July killing 298 people, including 193 Dutch citizens.
Writing for The Daily Beast, Anna Nemtsova and two colleagues were detained at the morgue by separatists.
On Monday 21 July, Rudy Bouma, a reporter for the Dutch TV broadcaster Nieuwsuur, took photos of rebels carrying weapons at the train station in Donetsk. The separatists controlled the train that was carrying the bodies of the victims.
Was forced to delete shots rebels Donetsk station “or they will shoot our heads off” @Nieuwsuur @nosnieuws #fighting pic.twitter.com/34A51OfKFG
— rudy bouma (@rudybouma) July 21, 2014
Na 1 shot dat we maken van separatisten station #Donetsk al gedwongen te wissen “anders schieten ze ons hoofd eraf.” pic.twitter.com/poelsP9TId
— rudy bouma (@rudybouma) July 21, 2014
More reports from The Netherlands via mediafreedom.ushahidi.com
Journalist denied entrance to public court hearing
‘Rules for using drones by journalists too restricted’
Journalists’ cameras seized by police
Dutch magazine on trial for photographing princess
This article was posted on July 21, 2014 at indexoncensorship.org
