Affiliated media: Crimean Process , Journalist

Incident date: June 4, 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 June 4, 2020, the Supreme Court of Crimea considered the appeal against the verdict in the criminal case against the member of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious community in Yalta Artyom Gerasimov. 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