TV Rain (Dozhd TV) - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: TV Rain (Dozhd TV) , TV channel

Incident date: March 1, 2022

Attack type:

Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

At the demand of the Prosecutor General's Office, the channel's website was blocked for «systematic publication of information calling for extremist activity and violence», as well as «knowingly false information about the actions of the Russian military during the special operation to protect the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic». At the same time, the Echo of Moscow website was blocked on the same grounds.

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