Elena Adamenko - Justice for Journalists

Elena Adamenko

Affiliated media: Sumy.Today , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: March 9, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Sumy.Today

Location: Ukraine, Sumy Oblast, Sumy

Additional information:

Unidentified persons called Elena Adamenko, chief editor of Sumy.Today website multiple times and threatened to violently harm her. “They told me that I’m finished and soon they’ll come for me”- said the journalist. She filed a report to the police, linking the threats to her professional activity.

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