Alexey Romanov - Justice for Journalists

Alexey Romanov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Romanov , Blogger, Journalist

Incident date: July 31, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

Police officers in Khabarovsk detained journalist and blogger Alexey Romanov, who was covering the actions against the persecution of Sergey Furgal. An administrative protocol was drawn up against the blogger under Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (participation in an unauthorized event that interfered with the traffic). Romanov was immediately taken to court and arrested for 7 days.

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