Yevgeny Domozhirov - Justice for Journalists

Yevgeny Domozhirov

Affiliated media: Positsiya, Activist, Journalist

Incident date: January 29, 2021

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Yevgeny Domozhirov's Twitter account

Location: Russia, Vologda Oblast, Vologda

Additional information:

The Vologda City Court appointed Domozhirov five days of arrest on charges of organising an unauthorised action on January 23 (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation). He was detained on his way out of the hospital. Domozhirov was not given medication for hypertension, he went on hunger strike in the special detention centre.

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