Gordey Ermak - Justice for Journalists

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Gordey Ermak

Affiliated media: The National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, Journalist

Incident date: April 22, 2021

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: golos.com.ua

Location: Ukraine, Chernihiv Oblast, Kulikovo village council

Additional information:

The journalist was not allowed into the meeting room of the Kulikovo village council, where the plenary session was taking place. At the meeting, the resonant issue of closing a school in the Drozdovka village, which is a part of this territorial community, was resolved. The police, who arrived at the journalist's request, drew up a protocol on obstructing journalists' professional activity.