Queercast - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Queercast, Podcast

Incident date: February 10, 2023

Attack type:

request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

At the request of Roskomnadzor, Yandex Music removed the podcast Queercast of the group Coming Out, which helps LGBT people.

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