Yelena Shukayeva - Justice for Journalists

Yelena Shukayeva

Affiliated media: Radio Svoboda, Journalist

Incident date: May 24, 2022

Attack type:

  • Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel It's My City

Location: Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yekaterinburg

Additional information:

A court in Yekaterinburg fined human rights lawyer and journalist Yelena Shukayeva RUB 200,000. She was found guilty on five reports for «discrediting» the Russian army — each with a RUB 40,000 fine. The grounds for the fines were anti-war posts on Facebook. According to the human rights activist, the court did not establish that the pages with the statements belonged to her.

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