Roman Petushkov - Justice for Journalists

Roman Petushkov

Affiliated media: Apostrophe , Photographer

Incident date: August 17, 2021

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Apostrophe

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

During the mass detention of protesters in the centre of Kyiv, Apostrophe media photo correspondent Roman Petushkov was injured. When the detentions began, he was caught between the fence and law enforcers. He was hit several times. After he repeatedly told that he was a media worker, Roman was let go.

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