Natalia Dovbysh

Affiliated media: USI.online (Ukrainian information service), Photo correspondent

Incident date: March 17, 2020

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: USI.online (Ukrainian information service)

Location: Ukraine, Odesa Oblast, Odesa

Additional information:

In the Primorsky District Court of Odesa, the film crew of the USI.online (Ukrainian information service) was denied access to the hearing of the case of the mayor of Odesa Gennady Trukhanov and other officials of the Odesa City Council. They were taken out of the courtroom. The case of possible grand corruption is being heard at the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, but Trukhanov and other suspects were allowed to connect via videoconference.