Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Rodnaya Storona, Newspaper

Incident date: April 16, 2019

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kasparov.ru

Location: Russia, Rostov Oblast, Tarasovsky District

Additional information:

The district's chief medical officer sued the newspaper for criticising the ambulance. The official won the case despite obvious facts showing the contrary – a resident died of a heart attack because an ambulance did not arrive in time.

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