Vsim.ua - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Vsim.ua, Online news portal

Incident date: June 2, 2020

Attack type:

Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Ukraine, Khmelnytska Oblast, Khmelnytskyi

Additional information:

Journalists were not accredited to the meeting with Volodomyr Zelensky during his visit to the region. As the press service of the Regional State Administration reported, only representatives of local television channels were accredited. They promised to provide video material of the victim to all the rest.

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