Grani.ru - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Grani.ru , Citizen journalist

Incident date: April 16, 2021

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Republic of Crimea, Armiansk

Additional information:

During the hearing of the criminal case against the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, in the Armiansk City Court, the court denied the request of the citizen journalist of the Grani.ru news website for photo and video shooting. The judge refused because the correspondent did not provide the registration documents of the media, although the law does not specify the need to provide such documents.

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