The international inquiry into the murder of Ukrainian web journalist Gyorgy Gongadze has issued a memorandum to the European Commission, urging it to launch a new investigation.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in UK and Ireland, the Institute of Mass Information and the Gongadze Foundation have all been part of the working commission into Mr Gongadze's murder in September 2000.

The commission claims that the official investigation into Mr Gongadze's murder breached Ukrainian and international law, as well as European human rights conventions.

The European Commission is planning to discuss the issue with representatives of the Council of Europe this week.

Mr Gongadze had been investigating government corruption for Pravda Online when he was abducted and murdered.

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See also:
IFJ: http://www.ifjgongadze.org
NUJ: http://www.nuj.org.uk
Institute of Mass Information: http://eng.imi.org.ua/?id=read&n=33&cy=2004&m=cmnt
Gongadze Foundation: http://www.gongadze.org

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