Alerts | Arrest/detention at protest/demonstration

ZAKS.Ru journalist detained covering anti-war protest

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Konstantin Lenkov, a journalist with ZAKS.Ru, was arbitrarily arrested as he was covering on an anti-war rally in Saint Petersburg. He was wearing a yellow PRESS vest and his press card at the time but was still detained. Police gave no justification for the arrest. He was transported to a police station in the Kirovsky district, where his documents were checked and photographed before he was released.

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