TV channel "Kyiv Live" - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: TV channel "Kyiv Live", Cameraman

Incident date: October 29, 2020

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Journalists came to one of the courtyards of the city of Kyiv to prepare a story about an illegal collection point for recyclable materials. Complaints about this point came from residents of this courtyard. During the preparation of the story, the man who was on the premises started to show aggression towards the film crew, demanded to remove the camera, spoke obscenely, and tried to attack the cameraman and the journalist.

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