OSCE urges Ukrainian authorities to pursue instigators of Gongadze murder

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, welcomed the conviction of the murderer of Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze, the former chief of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's external surveillance department, Oleksiy Pukach, while urging the Ukrainian authorities to continue to pursue the instigators of this crime.

"Finally, after twelve long years of suffering and uncertainty for Gongadze's family, friends and colleagues, justice has been done. But those who ordered this crime remain at large," reads a posting on the OSCE Web site citing Mijatovic as saying on Wednesday. She added that "there is still a long way to go to break the vicious circle of impunity for those who instigate violence against journalists in Ukraine and beyond."