Dmitrii Sidorov - Justice for Journalists

Dmitrii Sidorov

Affiliated media: Takie Dela , Journalist

Incident date: July 3, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Sidorov was detained near the FSB headquorters near Lubyanka where there was a protest in support of journalist Svetlana Prokopieva, who’s being accused in justification of terrorism. Sidorov was arrested while giving an interview to Belsat TV channel. Later, Sidorov’s photo emerged in an administrative case file of another protester.

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