Tetiana Sivokon

Affiliated media: NewsOne, Journalist

Incident date: March 24, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: EFJ

Location: Ukraine, Khmelnytska Oblast, Krasilov

Additional information:

TV channel NewsOne journalist Tetiana Sivokon was physically attacked by a shop owner, in the Khmelnitsky region, while shooting a story about the sale of protective medical masks, on 24 March. While preparing a report on this topic, NewsOne TV crew was informed by locals that the owner of a drug store had several large boxes with medical masks. Tetiana Sivokon explained: “We went to this shop, saw the announcement that masks are in stock. I politely introduced myself and asked if I could buy masks. Seeing the camera, the man began to pull the masks pack from my hands. He said that masks are not for sale, that they are for employees only”.