The Council of Europe and the state Department has condemned the burning of “inter”

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Совет Европы и Госдеп осудили поджог "Интера"

The Council of Europe (COE) and the U.S. state Department condemned the attack of radicals on the editorial Board of the Ukrainian TV channel “inter”, urging Kiev to intervene in the situation.

In the Council of Europe pointed out the obligation of Ukraine as a member of the organization to ensure the freedom of media and safety of journalists, which is necessary for “the development of genuine democracy”. “Any violence against journalists and intimidation of journalists is unacceptable. We call on the Ukrainian authorities to investigate the attack on the inter-TV and its employees”, — quotes the statement “Interfax”.

To investigate the attack on the “inter” also called the official representative of US state Department mark Toner. The diplomat expressed concern about the situation around TV-channel, reports RIA Novosti.

On 6 September, the participants of the blockade of the building of “inter” in Kiev has put forward two conditions to end the protest, demanding the dismissal of the head of Department of information policy of the channel Igor Shuvalov, as well as refraining from broadcasting of Russian TV and “anti-Ukrainian news”.

5 September, about fifty activists blocked the entrances to the building of “inter”. They stressed that the perceived policy of the TV company “Russian trace”. Their action they were called perpetual and said it is ready not to disperse until the complete cessation of the broadcast channel.

On the night of 5 September, the Kiev police released six of the detained for the arson of the building of the TV channel “inter”.

The day before the protesters outside the office “inter” broke into the building and caused a fire. From the newsroom was evacuated 45 people, five of victims hospitalized.

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expressed confidence that “patriots” have nothing to do with the attack on “inter”, and instructed Prosecutor General Yury Lutsenko to take the investigation under his personal control.

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