Andrey Lasch - Justice for Journalists

Andrey Lasch

Affiliated media: TV channel ZIK, Journalist

Incident date: June 26, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: TV channel ZIK

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kiev

Additional information:

Near the building of the Appeals Court in Kyiv, where an appeal was heard on this date regarding the measures of restraint for radical Serhii Strenenko activists obstructed the world of a film crew. In particular, an aggressive activist came right up to a journalist and prevented him from making a live introduction. As a consequence, the journalist was surrounded by other activists, who tried to break through the police cordon and prevent the ZIK television channel’s film crew.

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