Событие Dmytro Zhuravliov - Justice for Journalists

Dmytro Zhuravliov

Affiliated media: Hromadske.TV Donbas, Journalist

Incident date: May 28, 2018

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: IMI-Institute for Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Sloviansk

Additional information:

While the journalist was filming a festival, an unknown man and a woman were obstructing his work, they were trying to grab a camera and microphone out of his hands. "First a woman tried to push me away from a conflicting people but I explained that I am a journalist. I left her and walked towards the stage. This very moment a man ran to me from my back and tried to grab my camera, he failed but instead took away the microphone. Then the same woman approached me and started pushing me. At the same time, the man managed to run away. It was clear to me, the attack was carefully organized.

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