Oleg

Affiliated media: StopCor, Cameraman

Incident date: October 14, 2020

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: StopCor

Location: Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Grushovato-Krinichnaya village

Additional information:

Person of interest of the journalistic investigation (the deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council Vladimir Roy) during filming a story in one of the villages of the Dnipropetrovsk region blocked the journalists’ transport and tried to run over a member of the film crew Maxim with his car. Sometime later, employees of a private security company arrived at the scene and, on the direct orders of Vladimir Roy, beat the journalists and took away their equipment, personal belongings, and documents.