News agency Sharij.net - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: News agency Sharij.net, Journalist

Incident date: June 15, 2020

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Members of the support group for the Odesa activist Sergei Sternenko, whom the Security Service of Ukraine suspects of premeditated murder, obstructed the work of journalists and surrounded the Sharij.net news agency representatives with threats. As a result, law enforcement agencies, citing security issues, pushed the journalists out of the court's territory.

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