KuzPress - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: KuzPress, Online media

Incident date: July 5, 2023

Attack type:

Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Kemerovo Oblast, Kemerovo Region

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor blocked the additional domain of the media outlet KuzPress, which covers Kuzbass news, as part of military censorship. The main domain of KuzPress was blocked at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office in August 2022.

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