Событие Alexei Kungurov - Justice for Journalists

Alexei Kungurov

Affiliated media: Kungurov (Livejournal), Blogger

Incident date: November 12, 2019

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 72.ru

Location: Russia, Tyumen Oblast, Tyumen

Additional information:

On November 12, the trial of blogger Alexei Kungurov, who was detained the day before, was held in Tyumen, accused of "inciting hatred or enmity, as well as degrading human dignity." The reason for his detention was his publication in the Live Journal entitled “Is it right to call the Russian people shit?”. The blogger was arrested for 15 days.

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