Marianna Colun - Justice for Journalists

Marianna Colun

Affiliated media: Stopfals.md, Journalist

Incident date: March 16, 2022

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Moldova, Chisinau

Additional information:

After publishing a piece about former Moldovan politician Iurie Roşca supporting Russian military aggression in Ukraine, journalist Marianna Colun received an insulting message on a messenger in which an unknown person, from a page with signs of a fake account, called her «illegitimate», «punk», «whore», «Soros minnio» and threatened to kill her («We will get you too, do not worry»).

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