Lilit Sarkisyan

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Journalist

Incident date: August 10, 2019

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Glasnost Defense Foundation

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

In St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers detained Novaya Gazeta correspondent Lilit Sarkisyan at a rally for free elections. The rally in St. Petersburg was held in solidarity with opposition figures in Moscow who were barred from running in elections to the Moscow City Duma.