Human rights activists sent an open letter to journalist Vladimir Solovyov

continues The discussion of V. Solovyov's program "Towards the Barrier", in which A. Makashov took part, . On February 14, 2005, the portal "Human Rights in Russia" published an open letter from Russian human rights activists to journalist Vladimir Solovyov, which condemned the provision of air to Makashov in the program "To the Barrier" and "the opportunity to openly incite ethnic hatred . "

The letter, signed by Elena Bonner, Sergei Kovalev, Arseniy Roginsky, Alexander Lavut, Lyudmila Alekseeva and other human rights activists, expresses indignation that, having aired the program, the presenter disregarded all ethical and professional standards and, in fact, provided "a television platform for public propaganda of anti-Semitic views " .

In the opinion of the authors of the letter, the readiness of V. Solovyov and a number of his colleagues to "seriously, on an equal footing, publicly discuss problems with such subjects, leads to a further decrease in the "bar of what is acceptable" in Russian society .

At the same time, the letter emphasizes that the authors of the letter do not believe that "the discussion of any topics in the media should be" taboo "or that the fight against any ideology, even the most disgusting, can be carried out with the help of state bans or articles of the criminal code " .

Sources

• An open letter from human rights activists to journalist Vladimir Solovyov // Portal "Human Rights in Russia". 2005. February 14.