Yulia Barabina - Justice for Journalists

Yulia Barabina

Affiliated media: Facebook page 'pravdorub.kg', Blogger

Incident date: February 3, 2021

Attack type:

  • Wiretapping / surveillance without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: kloop.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

Employees of the State Committee for National Security conducted a search in Yulia Barabina's house and confiscated all digital media, personal documents and money. According to a court order, the reason for the search was a certain statement about allegedly "provocative materials aimed at inciting ethnic and regional hatred, as well as content encouraging violence." Previously, she reported about the surveillance and wiretapping of her phones.

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