Andrey Okun

Affiliated media: ZAKS.ru, Journalist

Incident date: April 2, 2022

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

ZAKS.ru correspondent Andrey Okun was detained by police while covering a pacifist rally near the Mariinsky Palace on Isaac Square in St. Petersburg. Despite the fact that the journalist had the necessary professional attributes (vest and press card), he was placed in a police van and taken to the police station. The police officers, according to the reporter, initially stopped him «for a document check».