11:28, 2 April 2019

Editor of "Pravda Beslana" explains re-publication of Basaev's letter to Putin

Marina Litvinovich. Photo: screenshot of the video by the TV Channel A24 "Interview with Marina Litvinovich" / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noPXKL8HKAo

For the second time since July 2018, the "Roskomnadzor" has demanded to remove the page from the "Pravda Beslana" (Beslan Truth) website, which shows a copy terrorists' note from the school captured in 2004, Marina Litvinovich, the editor of the website dedicated to the inquiry into the terror act, has reported. She treats the demand as absurd and renamed the page with the letter. A new publication thereof may entail responsibility for spreading an extremist material, the lawyer, Galina Arapova, has warned.

On September 1, 2004, terrorists captured hostages in the Beslan school; as a result, 334 people perished, including 186 children, and 810 people were wounded.

Marina Litvinovich has noted on the Facebook that Basaev letter (note) has social significance, and, since almost 15 years have elapsed since, this is already a historical document.

However, Galina Arapova, Director of the Centre for the Protection of Media Rights, believes that the new publication can be regarded as a re-distribution of a prohibited material.

In her opinion, the only way to prove that the prohibited material is socially significant and should be published is to go to court.

Some Facebook users also find the terrorists' note socially significant and suggest posting it on a foreign resource as an alternative.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on April 2, 2019 at 11:56 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Rustam Djalilov

Source: CK correspondent