Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Yarkub, News site

Incident date: April 11, 2019

Attack type:

  • Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavl

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor added the Yaroslavl publication Yarkub into its list of banned sites on April 9, after the site published an article a year previously about a possible suicide attempt of a teenager with autism.

Help Ukrainian Media:

Gofundme campaign (by Jakub Parusinski) or 2402.org (by Zaborona Media) or IFJ/EFJ Safety Fund