Anastasia Lugovaya - Justice for Journalists

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Anastasia Lugovaya

Affiliated media: Inter TV channel , Journalist

Incident date: July 31, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture
  • Sexual harassment

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Facebook page Anastasia Lugovaya

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kiev

Additional information:

On her Facebook page, the journalist reported that she was attacked in the train going from Mariupol to Kiev. An unknown man tried to rape the journalist in front of her young son and physically assaulted her while she was sleeping. The journalist received many injuries and currently is in hospital. The man was arrested for two months.