Journalists who worked in the Central Election Commission - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Journalists who worked in the Central Election Commission , Journalists

Incident date: September 9, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Agora.md

Location: Moldova, Kishinev

Additional information:

The state security service obstructed the work of journalists in the Central Election Commission, where the incumbent President Igor Dodon came to submit documents for registration as a candidate in the new presidential elections in Moldova. The guards closed the door and did not allow the journalists to leave the premises for several minutes after Igor Dodon left the room, not wanting to answer questions.

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