Событие - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Finance.ua, Media/ Online Media

Incident date: April 24, 2019

Attack type:

Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

National Police and Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine officers conducted a search in the Finance.ua newsroom. After the 11-hour search, they took away the working computers o the journalists and confiscated all servers from a server room.

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Justice for Journalists Foundation is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (registered company no: 13882886) and a registered charity (registered charity no: 1201812). Its registered office address is: 16 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5AH.

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