Ukraine has revoked his military accreditation and deported Dutch newspaper reporter Robert Dulmers for posting footage of rocket attacks on an oil depot near Odessa on social media. He was also declared persona non grata for 10 years.
A military reporter for the Dutch edition of Nederlands Dagblad was arrested in Ukraine for publishing footage of rocket attacks on an oil depot near Odessa, stripped of his accreditation and expelled from the country. He was also declared persona non grata for the next ten years. informs de Volkskrant with reference to the Nederlands Dagblad.
The publication writes that Dulmers was arrested on April 3 “at gunpoint” by two men who did not identify themselves. According to the newspaper, his military accreditation was taken away, he was banned from entering Ukraine for the next ten years and deported for disclosing state secrets. De Volkskrant specifies that the journalist was dropped off at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border, after which he went to Romania in his car.
Nederlands Dagblad editor-in-chief Shirk Kuijper said there was nothing to indicate that Dulmers committed violations, notes de Volkskrant. He stressed that “free and independent news gathering” is necessary to obtain reliable information even in the face of hostilities, to which he wants to draw the attention of the Ukrainian government.
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