Yakov Samorukov - Justice for Journalists

Yakov Samorukov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: August 17, 2022

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Sochi

Additional information:

In Sochi, law enforcement officers detained blogger Yakov Samorukov, a participant in protests in support of Alexey Navalny, on the beach. He was held for the night at the Lazarevsky District police station. The court arrested him for a day, after which Samorukov was released. The activist's mother claims that she saw bloody handcuff marks on the activist, saw him being beaten, and that there were signs of beatings on him.

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