Событие Patriot - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Patriot, Office

Incident date: July 12, 2019

Attack type:

Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr Oblast, Zhytomyr

Additional information:

A lawmaker filed a claim to the police of Korosten against the Patriot Newspaper for its critical publication about him. The whole newsroom was called out for interrogation.

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