Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: News Oryol, Publication

Incident date: August 23, 2017

Attack type:

Selective application of repressive laws

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Oryol Oblast, Oryol

Additional information:

The Orlovsk Department of Roskomnadzor sent a letter to the editorial office of “News Oryol”, demanding they remove a comment under the news "Oryol official staged a run from the NTV film crew. A short retelling." They deleted the comment.

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