Mihail Sirkeli - Justice for Journalists

Mihail Sirkeli

Affiliated media: Nokta.md , Editor

Incident date: January 12, 2024

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Association of Independent Press (API)

Location: Moldova, Comrat

Additional information:

Mihail Vlah, the councillor of the Governor of Gagauzia autonomous region, Evghenia Guțul, during the live-stream on Facebook called Nokta.md journalists "exhausted pseudo-journalists". Also, in the text accompanying the video recording, Mihail Vlah wrote: "I think it's coming time to kick them out!"

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