Dnipro TV - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Dnipro TV, Camera crew

Incident date: June 24, 2020

Attack type:

Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Dnipro

Additional information:

Security guards didn't allow a camera crew to enter the building of Dnipropetrovsk council to film a news story about the competition for the role of the chief medical officer of the Dnipropetrovsk psychiatric hospital.

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