UKRAINE SEP-16-2004-2334g Ukraine remembers slain reporter

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Ukraine remembers slain reporter
By Helen Fawkes
BBC correspondent in Kiev

The Gongadze case is still unresolved

FROM: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3664494.stm
On the edge of a forest, weeds and stinging nettles are cleared away with bare hands to reveal what was once a shallow grave. This is where the beheaded body of crusading Ukrainian journalist Heorhiy Gongadze was discovered.

To mark the fourth anniversary of his abduction from Kiev, people gathered here, more than a 100km (60 miles) outside the capital. Friends, fellow journalists and opposition MPs lit candles and placed them next to a wooden cross made from branches of a tree.


"Gongadze showed that if you stand firm, if you fight, you can actually make a difference even after your death..."
Peter Voitsekhovsky
Gongadze family friend


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His death caused one of the biggest political scandals in this former Soviet republic. A former presidential guard released secret audio recordings allegedly implicating President Leonid Kuchma in his disappearance.

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