Novye Kolesa - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Novye Kolesa, Newspaper

Incident date: February 4, 2020

Attack type:

Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs filed a lawsuit against a newspaper Novye Kolesa, demanding to take down two articles about the detainee who died from getting burned by boiling water at a police station. MIA considers these articles damaging for the reputation.

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