Affiliated media: Crimean Process , Journalist

Incident date: July 23, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Crimean Process

Location: Republic of Crimea, Simferopol

Additional information:

On July 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Crimea substantively considered (in absentia) the criminal case against the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov. The bailiffs told the journalist of the Crimean Process and other attendees at the entrance to the court building that only the participants of the process are allowed in the building due to the measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. They refused to let the journalist in.