Protesters detained for supporting Russian journalist charged with "justifying terrorism"
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1560541
Protesters detained for supporting Russian journalist charged with "justifying terrorism"
- Title: Protesters detained for supporting Russian journalist charged with "justifying terrorism"
- Date: 3rd July 2020
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JULY 3, 2020) (REUTERS) PROTESTER ANGELINA YUGANOVA HOLDING POSTER READING (Russian): "JOURNALIST IS NOT A CRIMINAL! FREEDOM TO SVETLANA" YUGANOVA BEING DETAINED BY POLICE AND ESCORTED TO POLICE VAN WOMAN HOLDING POSTER READING (Russian): "JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME. FREEDOM TO JOURNALIST SVETLANA PROKOPYEVA" VARIOUS OF POLICE DETAINING WOMAN VARIOUS OF POLICE DETAINING JOURNALIST AT THE NOVAYA GAZETA NEWSPAPER ILYA AZAR PROTESTER SAYING (Russian): "FREEDOM TO SVETLANA PROKOPYEVA" POSTER READING (Russian): "TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF SVETLANA PROKOPYEVA" PROTESTER SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS POLICE OFFICERS PROTESTER WITH POSTER READING (Russian): "DISMISS THE CASE OF SVETLANA PROKOPYEVA" BEING DETAINED POLICE DETAINING PROTESTER PROTESTER HOLDING POSTER READING (Russian): "DISMISS FAKE CASES AGAINST JOURNALISTS" PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE (FSB) HEADQUARTERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTER BEING DETAINED AND ESCORTED TO POLICE VAN
- Embargoed: 17th July 2020 19:31
- Keywords: Russia Russia protests Svetlana Prokopyeva detention journalist pickets
- Location: MOSCOW AND PSKOV, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW AND PSKOV, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001CL9A9MV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Around 17 people were detained for staging protests in central Moscow on Friday (July 3) demanding freedom for a Russian journalist who was charged with "justifying terrorism".
Svetlana Prokopyeva, who faces up to seven years in jail if convicted, got into trouble with authorities in November 2018 when she used her radio programme to discuss the case of a 17-year-old youth who blew himself up at the office of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the city of Archangelsk.
The young man died and injured three other people in an incident which authorities classified as an act of terrorism.
On her programme, Prokopyeva criticized how the state handled dissenting opinions, saying its approach could lead to radical protest actions similar to the one in Archangelsk.
On Friday the prosecutor's office in Pskov requested six years in prison for Prokopyeva, the BBC reported.
Most of the protesters who staged individual pickets on Friday in Moscow were Russian journalists, including Ilya Azar, who was sentenced to 15 days of arrest in May for protesting in support of jailed social media' community leader Vladimir Vorontsov.
Russians then staged several one-person protests in support of Azar.
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