Avers TV - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Avers TV , Film crew

Incident date: April 27, 2021

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Ukraine, Volyn Oblast, Stobykhivka

Additional information:

Film crews of from the "Avers" and "1+1" TV channels were threatened while filming a piece about an illegal felling business. The incident occurred at one of the sawmills. Objects were hurled at the journalists, and a camera was taken from the film crew from the "1+1" TV channel.

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