Yevhen Nikiforov

Affiliated media: Freelance photographer

Incident date: March 17, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Zaborona

Location: Ukraine, Odesa Oblast, Odesa

Additional information:

Freelance photographer Yevhen Nikiforov and his brother were shooting the local views for their project on experimental villages in the Odesa region. Two drunk men approached them during the filming, hit Nikiforov, and started threatening that they would take away the filming equipment and the car. One of them forced his way into the car and held the door, but Nikiforov was still able to leave. Before that, the attackers tried to take the drone and camera from Yevhen and said that the brothers «would not leave this place [alive]». Soon, Nikiforov was detained by a local police officer and told that he violated traffic rules and that the person who attacked him died because of it. A criminal case under Part 2 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine was opened against the journalist. On March 17, the court decided to impose night-time house arrest for 60 days on him.