Damir Manzhukov - Justice for Journalists

Damir Manzhukov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Zhukman", Video blogger

Incident date: June 5, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: KazanFirst

Location: Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan

Additional information:

Manzhukov was sentenced to 10 days of arrest under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (disobedience to the legal order of the police). He was arrested after publishing a video in which Manzhukov, along with his co-author Alexey Svist, was driving in a car with a fake Kalashnikov assault rifle, and traffic police officers stopped them.

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