PEN America: Writers Freed As Part of Ukraine Prisoner Swap
December 30, 2019
December 30, 2019
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- RFE/RL contributors Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halaziuk had been held since 2017
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PEN America welcomed news that two journalists, Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halaziuk, were freed as part of a broader prisoner exchange in Ukraine on Sunday. The two were originally detained and held incommunicado by Russia-backed separatists in 2017. PEN America has called for their rel . . .
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- RFE/RL contributors Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halaziuk had been held since 2017
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PEN America welcomed news that two journalists, Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halaziuk, were freed as part of a broader prisoner exchange in Ukraine on Sunday. The two were originally detained and held incommunicado by Russia-backed separatists in 2017. PEN America has called for their rel . . .