Simon Ostrovsky

Simon Ostrovsky
Native name Симон Островский
Born February 2, 1981
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship United States
Occupation Journalist and producer
Employer Vice News (intermittent)
Known for Reporter at Vice News
Website
www.SimonOstrovsky.com

Simon Ostrovsky (Russian: Симон Островский; born February 2, 1981) is a Soviet-born American journalist, director, and producer.

Career

In 2009 Ostrovsky produced an exclusive report for BBC newsnight on North Korean work camps in Russia.[1] He revisited those camps for Vice News in 2011, and helped produce reports for Vice on the escape of defectors from North Korea.[2] He also made a documentary on Israeli settlements in the West Bank territory of the Palestinian authority.[3] He is a former reporter for Al Jazeera English.[4]

2014 kidnapping

On April 21, 2014, while producing "Russian Roulette," a series of reports for Vice News in eastern Ukraine, Ostrovsky was taken captive in Sloviansk by the militia of the separatist pro-Russian leader, Vyacheslav Ponomarev,[5] on the basis of alleged links to Ukrainian group Right Sector.[6] He was imprisoned for four days, during which he was held in a basement and interrogated. He claimed to be beaten, but the offenders did not leave any lasting damage. He was released on April 24.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ BBC newsnight report, BBC.co.uk, retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ Vice on HBO documentary on North Korean defectors, youtube.com, retrieved April 23, 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.simonostrovsky.com/renegade-jewish-settlers
  4. ↑ Profile, huffingtonpost.com, April 22, 2014; accessed April 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ Ries, Brian (April 22, 2014). "Vice Journalist Captured in Eastern Ukraine". Mashable. New York City, New York: Mashable, Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  6. ↑ "US journalist Simon Ostrovsky held by pro-Russian militia in Ukraine". The Guardian. April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ Simon Ostrovsky Has Been Released, news.vice.com; accessed April 28, 2014.

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