Nadezhda Surgina

Affiliated media: Secunda, Journalist

Incident date: January 23, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Kursk Oblast, Kursk

Additional information:

During an unauthorized protest rally, journalists who were filming what was happening on their phones were detained. Nadezhda Surgina from Secunda media and Yulia Kelina from Krai media were forced into a paddy wagon. Surgina said to the ProtectMedia: «We are going to the police station. The police officers used force. We were thrown on the floor and shoved until the door closed. With me is the Krai media editor Yulia Kelina and the deputy Maxim Nemirovsky, who tried to obstruct the detention of the Secunda journalist». Later they were released without protocols.