Alexandra Teplyakova - Justice for Journalists

Alexandra Teplyakova

Affiliated media: RusNews, Journalist

Incident date: February 1, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Zaks.ru

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

The court sentenced RusNews journalist Aleksandra Teplyakova to nine days of arrest. She was detained on January 31 during a broadcast from Lenin Square and spent the night until the trial in a special detention centre. She was declared guilty of allegedly obstructing traffic at an unauthorised action — Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.

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