PIK - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: PIK, Online media outlet

Incident date: August 14, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk

Additional information:

The office of the online media outlet PIK was opened, and all the computers were stolen. The computers contained the entire information base of the publication. It is noteworthy that other valuable devices (photo and video equipment) were not touched.

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