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Journalists covering MH17 threatened by separatists
Separatists in East Ukraine threatened a Dutch journalist who was reporting on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster.
21 Jul 14

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.

More reports from The Netherlands via mediafreedom.ushahidi.com

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This article was posted on July 21, 2014 at indexoncensorship.org

By Mitra Nazar

Mitra Nazar is a Mapping Media Freedom correspondent and journalist based in Serbia.

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