Tetiana Tsirulnik
Affiliated media: Online media Kolo, Editor-in-chief
Incident date: November 4, 2022
Attack type:
- Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Tetiana Tsirulnik's Facebook page
Location: Ukraine, Poltava Oblast, Poltava
Additional information:
The editor-in-chief of the Poltava-based online newspaper Kolo reported that she became a victim of bullying on the Internet after she published a news story about Poltava city council secretary Andriy Karpov. The official accused the journalist of distorting information. After that, Karpov's supporters started humiliating and insulting Tsirulnik in comments under his Facebook post.