Dmitry Nizovtsev - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Nizovtsev

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: December 14, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Journalist Dmitry Nizovtsev was detained in Moscow during the filming of a story for the Shtab TV channel. Later, Nizovtsev said on his Twitter account that he was released from the police station without a report. He was held there for about three hours.

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