Yevgeny Neupokoyev - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Neupokoyev

Affiliated media: SurgutInform-TV , Journalist

Incident date: January 24, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: siapress.ru

Location: Russia, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Surgut

Additional information:

In Surgut, Yevgeny Neupokoyev, a SurgutInform-TV journalist, was attacked while filming a story at the impound lot. The journalist’s finger was broken. According to the chief producer of STV Alexander Sadovsky, the reporter was attacked by three men in one of the impound lot premises. They knocked the camera out of the journalist's hands, threw him to the floor, and started beating him until he lost consciousness.

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