Siberia.Realities - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Siberia.Realities, Editorial

Incident date: July 23, 2020

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude

Additional information:

Court ruled in favour of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, deciding that the article about the teenager who complained about police torture to «damage the honor» of the institution. However, the court didn’t satisfy the demand for the article to be retracted or deleted.

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