BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

20/12/2005

Belarus: Investigation closed into suspicious death of Vassily Grodnikov

/noticias.info/ Reporters Without Borders said it was particularly concerned after Minsk prosecutor Dmitry Kirilchik announced on 14 December 2005 that he was closing the investigation into the death of Norodnaya Volya journalist Vassily Grodnikov.

The Grodnikov case was wound up for a first time on 28 November on the theory his death was accidental because of the absence of any signs of a break-in at the victim's apartment. The investigation was then reopened on 29 November.

Reporters Without Borders said it was particularly shocked by the attitude of the judicial authorities in this case and said it feared that the precise circumstances of Grodnikov's death would never be known.

The organisation will remain vigilant and continue to press for a criminal investigation into the death of the journalist, taking into account a number of factors that made it likely he was murdered because of his work.

Source:

http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=129908&src=0

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