Vadim Kirpichenko - Justice for Journalists

Vadim Kirpichenko

Affiliated media: "Fresh Orange" Newspaper , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: March 3, 2021

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook

Location: Ukraine, Poltava Oblast, Pyryatyn

Additional information:

The newspaper's editor-in-chief was not allowed to cover a meeting to choose the head of the culture department of the Pyryatyn city council. The head of the personnel and organisational department, Oksana Milyuta, said that the meeting was not public and shooed the journalist away.

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