BRAMA, September 20, 2000, 11:00pm EDT

Ukrainian journalist vanishes

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IREX's ProMedia Information and Press Center (IPC) in Kiev, Ukraine held a press conference on Tuesday, September 19 about the disappearance of journalist Heorhiy Honhadze (Gongadze). The press conference was conducted primarily in Russian. The IREX recording is offered here in streaming RealAudio format. Аудіозапис прес-конференції з приводу зникнення Георгія Гонгадзе, 10.30, 19.09.2000 FREE Download Real Audio Player (v.5 or higher) Press Conference at IREX (in Russian) - 23 minutes До уваги журналістів! 21 вересня 2000 року о 12.00 В Інформаційному прес-центрі IREX ПроМедіа відбудеться прес-конференція з приводу зникнення незалежного журналіста Георгія Гонгадзе. A second press conference is scheduled at the IREX ProMedia office in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 21 at 12 noon. All media organizations are invited. Honhadze visited the U.S. in December 1999, meeting with community and press organizations in search of support for a proposed free press group. Upon his return to Ukraine, Honhadze and his colleagues established "Ukrayinska Pravda", which has rapidly acquired a reputation as a publication critical of Ukraine's current government. PHOTO: - Журналіст Георгій Гонгадзе, у бюрі Українського Конґресового Комітету Америки (УККА) в Нью-Йорку. 17 грудня 1999р. - Heorhiy Honhadze, photographed on December 17, 1999 at the headquarters of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America in New York.

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