Mihail Sirkeli - Justice for Journalists

Mihail Sirkeli

Affiliated media: Nokta.md, Director

Incident date: April 12, 2024

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Facebook page "luchianiuc.com"

Location: Moldova, Chișinău

Additional information:

The director of the Nokta.md news portal, Mihail Sirkeli, was verbally insulted by blogger Eugen Luchianiuc for her appearance. He published a picture of the journalist during the interview with President Maia Sandu. He wrote in a Facebook post that "this is the face of Moldovan "journalism", noting that "if you have more kilos, you have to do framing a bit differently".

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