Fahrudin Sharafmal - Justice for Journalists

Fahrudin Sharafmal

Affiliated media: Channel 24 (Ukraine), Journalist, TV host (Ukraine)

Incident date: March 17, 2022

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case against Sharafmal under Paragraph B of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred on the basis of nationality) and Paragraphs A and C of Part 2 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (rehabilitation of Nazism). The reason was the journalist’s live stream on March 15. According to the Investigative Committee, Sharafmal «publicly called on Ukrainians to commit mass murder of citizens of the Russian Federation».

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