Crimean Process - Justice for Journalists

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, Dzhankoi

Additional information:

On July 23, 2020, the Dzhankoi District Court considered the lawsuit of the activist of the Crimean Solidarity human rights group Lutfie Zudieva to the Dzhankoi District prosecutor's office. The journalist of the Crimean Process, citizen journalists of the Crimean Solidarity, and other attendees were told by the bailiffs at the entrance to the court building that only participants of the process and court employees are allowed in the building due to the measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. They refused to let the journalists in.

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