Matthew Chance - Justice for Journalists

Matthew Chance

Affiliated media: CNN, Senior International Correspondent

Incident date: April 6, 2021

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Twitter account of Matthew Chance

Location: Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Pokrov

Additional information:

Matthew Chance wrote on his Twitter page that the police detained him outside Navalny penal colony. Two days later, the journalist said that he and his cameraman Jeff are temporary leaving Russia.

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