Dmitrii Tishenko - Justice for Journalists

Dmitrii Tishenko

Affiliated media: Online publication TSUKR, Founder

Incident date: September 7, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Journalist's Facebook page

Location: Ukraine, Sumy Oblast, Sumy

Additional information:

Dmitry Tishchenko said that his media was not accredited to cover the visit of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who came to the Sumy region on a working visit on 8 September. The reason stated by the Sumy State Administration was “the absence of a certificate of state registration”, which is not necessary for Internet publications.

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