БК55 - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: "БК55", Photo correspondent

Incident date: April 17, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: "БК55"

Location: Russia, Omsk Oblast, Omsk

Additional information:

The priests and congregation of a church in Omsk attacked journalists investigating compliance with a ban on "religious mass gatherings" during the coronavirus pandemic. A photographer was physically attacked, and a priest tried to seize his phone.

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