 Lenta.ru The chief editors and journalists of a number of major Russian media have published an open letter in support of the press photographer Denis Sinyakov who was onboard the ship Arctic Sunrise during the protest at the Prirazlomnaya oil rig and has since been remanded in custody for a period of two months. “On 26 September the Lenin district court in Murmansk ordered that photo-journalist Denis Sinyakov be remanded in custody for two months. He had been detained on the ship Arctic Sunrise near the oil rig Prirazlomnaya from which he was covering the Greenpeace protest for Lenta.ru. Despite this, the court ruled that he be held on remand along with the Greenpeace activists who had been the subjects of his reporting. The prosecution of Denis Sinyakov is a blow to freedom of speech and to a journalist’s immunity from prosecution for reporting on events. Throughout the whole world, the immunity of journalists for reporting on current events is the basis of the ethics of journalism. Denis had an irreproachable reputation among his colleagues. He had covered military conflicts in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and South Ossetia. He never received complaints that his work lacked objectivity or that he took sides in the events he covered. Denis is married and has a small child who is waiting for him at home. In solidarity with Denis, a number of media outlets have today substituted blank spaces for all photographs on their websites. We insist that the authorities release Denis Sinyakov and dismiss all charges against him. We ask all those who are not indifferent to what has happened to support Denis. We appeal to the leaders of the state to observe the rule of law and call on them to pay attention to this situation." Galina Timchenko, chief editor Ksenia Chudinova, chief editor of Big City Mikhail Zygar, editor in chief of TV channel Dozhd Dmitry Muratov, editor in chief of Novaya gazeta Sergei Shargunov, chief editor of Free Press Tatiana Filimonov, chief editor of Russian Reporter Online Maria Tsybulskaya, editor in chief of Equal Right to Life Katya Bogachevskaja, editor of journal M-Liberty.su Evgenia Albats, editor in chief of The New Times Maria Stepanova, editor Colta.ru Vladimir Baranov, the head of editorial photo-information RIA Novosti Andrei Polikanov, head of photo department Russian Reporter Ilya Dyer, director of Afisha Elena Barishev, chief-editor of Moscow News Aleksandr Gabuev, deputy chief editor of Kommersant-Vlast Aleksei Venediktov, editor in chief Echo of Moscow Vitaliy Puvinskii, chief editor of Echo of Moscow Elena Savina, chief editor of REN-TV Ekaterina Savina, Editor fastliving.ru Ilya Klishin, Editor in Chief of TV channel Dozhd Mitya Aleshkovsky, photographer Oleg Kashin, unemployed Evgeny Feldman, Novaya gazeta Aleksandr Astakhov, Vedomosti Ilya Shepelin correspondent Slon.ru Ekaterina Vinokurova, Znak.com Lika Kremer, director of development at Snob Sergei Ponomarev, photojournalist Dmitry Kostyuk, journalist Julia Bashinova, Grani.ru Yuri Timofeev, Moscow Times Sergei Znaemsky, editor of Avto Review Valery Melnikov, RIA Novosti photojournalist Mary Lobanov, picture editor, Weekend Oleg Prasolov, photographer, Rossiiskaya gazeta Nigina Beroyeva, special correspondent Komsomolskaya pravda Mikhail Osokin, broadcaster REN TV Sergei Shakhidzhanyan, senior editor of picture-agency Photo ITAR-TASS Ilya Zhegulov, columnist for Forbes Sergei Chirikov, journalist Maksim Shemetov, Reuters photographer Roman Kulguskin, multimedia reporter Argumenty i Fakty Pavel Bednyakov, Managing photo editor of Lenta.ru Vasily Dzhaparidze, photo agency ITAR-TASS Michael Pochuev, photo correspondent ITAR-TASS Vladimir Astapkovich, RIA Novosti photo correspondent Denis Abramov, a photojournalist, Vedomosti Elizabeth Belikov, photo editor, Hollywood Reporter Gennady Avramenko, Moskovsky komsomolets Olesya Kurpyaeva, photographer of Rossiiskaya gazeta Andrei Makhonin, photographer, Vedomosti Ilya Pitalev, RIA Novosti photo correspondent Lisa Factor, producer of photos and film documentaries, Screen Arseny Kosterin Bild magazine editor project Argumenty i Fakty Gleb Shchelkunov, photographer Kommersant Pavel Pelevin, photographer RTR, Strana.ru Aleksandr Mysyakin, photographer, Chempionat.com Mikhail Sapa, a photographer of the Russian Football Union Damir Bulatov, photographer, Izvestia, cameraman, Lifenews Anna Volkova, photo editor, The New Times Sergei Grachev, a freelance photographer Saffron Golikov, picture editor, Kommersant Valery Levitin, a special photo-correspondent, RIA Novosti Petr Antonov, Grinberg photo agency photographer Oleg Burnaev, photo editor, Rolling Stone magazine Svetlana Pukhov, photo editor, Azbuka-Attikus Artem Sizov, photo editor, Vedomosti Dmitry Rogulin, photographer, ITAR-TASS Laura Ilyin, photo editor, Nasha Versiya Viktor Khuseinov, photographer, Komsomolskaya pravda - Kaliningrad Viktoriya Ivleva, photographer, journalist, winner of the World Press Photo award Anna Zikr, agency Salt Images Ekaterina Novikova, editor and analyst, RIA Novosti Konstantin Zavrazhin, photographer Albert Shar, photo club PROyavlenie, Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) Anton Novoderezhkin, photographer, ITAR-TASS Pavel Ptitsyn, freelance photographer Evgeny Razumny, freelance photographer Vladimir Pomortsev, photographer Anton Sergienko, photographer, Sport-Express Oksana Jusko, a freelance photographer Maria Pleshkova, freelance photographer Maria Ionova-Gribina, photographer, agency Grinberg, Lecturer School of Visual Arts Aleksandr Vilf, RIA Novosti photojournalist Maks Avdeev, freelance photographer Anton Zhdanov, Planetpics.ru photographer Aleks Myakishev , freelance photographer Nikita Evdokimov, a freelance photographer, teacher of the School of Visual Arts Anton Tushin photographer Artem Zhitenev, photo RIA Novosti Vitaly Bezrukikh, Bild editor Rossiiskaya gazeta Aleksandr Podgorchuk, photographer Mikail Gokhman, a freelance journalist Aleks Konstantinov, a photographer Tatiana Plotnikov, photographer (St. Petersburg) Artur Bondar, a freelance photographer Valery Melnikov, photo RIA Novosti Yulia Vertyachye running, photo editor, Sitibum Sergei Savostjanov, photographer of Rossiiskaya gazeta Maks Novikov, photo site Forbes.ru Galina Velichko, photo editor Vika Bogorodskaya, Photo Editor The Village Grigory Sokolov, a photographer (Nizhny Novgorod) Vadim Bride, photographer (Ufa) Aleks Kudenko, RIA Novosti photojournalist Petr Huzangay, Microsoft Photo Editor Anna Ayvazyan, editor, Bolshoi Gorod Daniil Ivanov, photographer Ivan Safronov, correspondent, Kommersant Idar Buribaev, journalist Vasily Sonkin, editor, Sitibum Anton Alekseev, correspondent, Estonia TV broadcasting corporation (ERR) in Russian Maksim Kvasha, economics editor, Kommersant-Dengi Maria Makutina, Gazeta.ru Mila Dubrovin, journalist, freelance reporter, Snob Irina Gordienko, Novaya gazeta Konstantin Panyushkin, the correspondent of Russia 24 Olga Harsika, photo editor Tatyana Felgenhauer, journalist, Echo of Moscow Irina Vorobyov, journalist, Echo of Moscow Anna Golubeva, Colta.ru Sergei Mikheyev, photographer Ilya Gutin, professor Mariana Torocheshnikova, court reporter, Radio Liberty Artem Kobzev, journalist Dmitry Lebedev, photo ID Kommersant Mikhail Mokrushin, photographer Olga Malysh, journalist Igor Rodin, photographer Olga Kuz'menkova, journalist Zhanna Ulyanova, Gazeta.ru, Anastasia Berseneva, Gazeta.ru, Farida Rustamov, Gazeta.ru, Maksim Solopov, Gazeta.ru, Aleks Krizhevsky, Gazeta.ru, Ivan Kolpakov, Lenta.ru, Svetlana Reiter, Lenta.ru, Pavel Borisov, Lenta.ru, Kirill Melnikov, Kommersant Vyacheslav Kozlov, Kommersant Grigory Tumanov, Kommersant Polina Nikolskaya, Kommersant-Vlast Sergei Smirnov, Russkaya planeta Egor Pan, Russkaya planeta Pavel Nikulin, Russkaya planeta Dmitry Tkachev, Russkaya planeta Denis Rogulin, Russkaya planeta Pavel Pryanikov, Russkaya planeta Ilya Vasyunin, Dozhd Aleksandra Koshkina, Gazeta.ru, Aleksandr Artemyev, Lenta.ru, Ilya Azar, Lenta.ru Ilya Barabanov, Kommersant Stanislav Mudry, Yopolis Mikhail Fishman, the chief editor, Sitibum Roman Moguchy, editor of Kommersant FM Dmitry Kuchev, Chief Editor Gazeta.ru Yuri Kozyrev, photo agency Noor Images The list of signatures is printed as at the time of going to press. Henceforth the collection of signatures under the appeal will continue on the Echo of Moscow website. Photographer Denis Sinyakov worked for a long time with the news agencies Reuters, Agence France-Presse and the Kommersant publishing house. Sinyakov also worked as a freelance correspondent for Lenta.ru, and he was covering events from the Arctic Sunrise at the request of this publication. A number of Russian online media have also decided that on Friday, September 27, they will publish no photographic images in a mark of support for Sinyakov. Among the media organizations taking part in the action are Lenta.ru, Gazeta.ru, Metro, Snob, and the websites of the TV channel Dozhd and the radio station Echo of Moscow. There were a total of 30 people on board the Arctic Sunrise. Following the court hearing of 26 September at the Lenin district court in Murmansk, 22 of those on board were remanded in custody. Among those detained, in addition to Sinyakov, were three other Russians:4 the press spokesperson for Greenpeace Andrei Allakhverdov, the doctor Ekaterina Zaspa, and environmentalist Roman Dolgov. The remaining detainees are citizens of other countries. Eight others who were on board the Arctic Sunrise have been detained for a further 72 hours. |
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