- Justice for Journalists
covid-19

Affiliated media: Echo Moscow - Yekaterinburg , Editorial

Incident date: May 18, 2020

Attack type:

  • Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Znak.com

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

Yekaterinburg’s healthcare department filed a lawsuit in defence of honour and integrity against a radio station, after the former mayor Yevgeny Roizman talked live on national radio about “the death of a man in Regional Hospital No. 40 who had tested positive for the coronavirus”

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