Artem Polikovsky

Affiliated media: stopcor.org , Journalist

Incident date: April 29, 2020

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation
• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Vinnytsia Oblast, Vinnytsia

Additional information:

The police seized a video camera from the film crew of the Stop Corruption (stopcor.org) news portal in Vinnytsia, forbid them to make photos of documents and drove them to various police stations all day. This is how the law enforcement officers reacted to the arrival of journalists from Kiev, who were preparing to film a reportage about the possible undeclared income of the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Vinnytsia region, Yuriy Pedos.