journalist

UNESCO head Koïchiro Matsuura

UNESCO chiefs adds voice to condemnation of murder of Russian reporter

10 October 2006
The head of the United Nations body mandated to defend freedom of the press added his voice today to the chorus of condemnations over the killing of the well-known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, whose recent reporting had focused primarily on Chechnya.
Kofi Annan

Annan, High Commissioner for Human Rights condemn murder of Russian journalist

9 October 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today strongly condemned the killing of the well-known Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was found shot dead on Saturday in an elevator at her block of flats in Moscow.