Yelena Lukyanova - Justice for Journalists

Yelena Lukyanova

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Photo correspondent

Incident date: March 13, 2022

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

In St. Petersburg, law enforcers took journalists who had come to Gostiny Dvor to cover a protest rally into a police van. In particular, Novaya Gazeta journalist Yelena Lukyanova was detained. She was later released from the police station in Kronstadt.

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