RSF: Russia admits keeping journalist Khyliuk in prison, seems to consider him a soldier
For the first time in over two years Russia admitted having Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk in prison, reports the international organization "Reporters Without Borders" (RSF).
The organization noted that they have seen a letter by Russia's Ministry of Defense which implied they considered Khyliuk a soldier.
"He is a journalist, he should be freed," RSF stress.
For the 1st time in over 2 years of arbitrary detention #Russia has admitted having Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk in prison. In a letter read by RSF @mod_russia seems to imply he is considered as a serviceman. He is a journalist, he should be freed. https://t.co/6LUpsvrdyE pic.twitter.com/2Y5bOwQG6Z
— RSF (@RSF_inter) April 5, 2024
The detention of UNIAN journalist Dmytro Khyliuk
On July 13, RSF reported that Dmytro Khyliuk, UNIAN journalist abducted by Russian soldiers in March 2022, is possibly in one of the prisons in the Vladimir region of Russia.
UNIAN journalist Dmytro Khyliuk has been in Russian captivity since March 2022 as a civilian hostage. Such prisoners should be released separately from POW swaps, but the Russians are not doing this.
In May 2023, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said that he was personally monitoring the issue UNIAN journalist Dmytro Khyliuk's release from Russian captivity.
The Prosecutor General's Office has opened a case regarding the abduction of civilians on the territory of the Dymer hromada. The investigation considers journalist Dmytro Khylyuk and his father victims. The case was opened under Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code (violation of the laws and customs of war).
Russian soldiers kidnapped Dmytro Khyliuk on February 26, 2022, in the garden of his own house in Kozarovychi. He was first kept in the occupied Dymer, and then taken to a prison in Russia.
In December 2023, Dmytro Hylyuk was awarded by the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.
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