Affiliated media: "STB" TV channel, Film crew

Incident date: February 22, 2021

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: "STB" TV channel

Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr Oblast, Novopol

Additional information:

Journalists were working on a report about a large family, in which a child had recently died. This family had previously come to the attention of the media following statements by older children about abuse. When the film crew tried to obtain comments from the village council about these events, the head of the community assaulted members of the film crew and tried to forcibly remove the journalists from the premises.