Balaram Usov

Affiliated media: DOXA, Editor

Incident date: July 27, 2019

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Council of Europe

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

During a rally for fair elections, the editor of the student magazine DOXA Balaram Usov was taken to a police station, where they slammed a door onto his hand, peeling off his skin. He had previously been hit on the head with a truncheon while being detained.