Событие Vladislav Sinitsa - Justice for Journalists

Vladislav Sinitsa

Affiliated media: Max_Steklov, Blogger

Incident date: August 3, 2019

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD-Info

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On August 3, the blogger Vladislav Sinitsa was detained at a protest rally and later put into a pre-trial detention centre. On August 5, the Tversky District Court in Moscow arrested Sinitsa for a tweet in which he allegedly called on subscribers to use violence against the children of the security forces. The court remanded him in pre-trial detention for inciting hatred or hostility (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) until October 3.

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