Mila Zemtsova

Affiliated media: News agency 'Volnitsa', Journalist

Incident date: July 18, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

In Moscow, police detained activists who opposed the proposal of the Federation Council to prohibit transgender people from marrying and having children. Mila Zemtsova was detained while on assignment. She was left at the police station overnight. The young woman is being charged with "organizing a series of solitary protests".