Alexander Klimov - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Klimov

Affiliated media: News agency 49000.com.ua , Correspondent

Incident date: March 13, 2020

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: News agency 49000.com.ua

Location: Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Dnipro

Additional information:

Journalist was not allowed into the press conference dedicated to the presentation on the new Dnepropetrovsk airport terminal. Governor Alexander Bondarenko and the general director of the airport “Kharkov” Vladmir Vasilchenko were present at the meeting. Security refused to let in Alexander Klimov from the 49000.com.ua agency as he didn’t have the accreditation.

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