A public outcry has erupted in Russia following the charging of an investigative journalist in Russia with drug offences in what critics say was an attempt to frame the reporter.
A public outcry has erupted in Russia following the arrest and charging of an investigative journalist in Russia with drug offences in what critics say was an attempt to frame the reporter and restrict the freedom of the press.He was arrested last Thursday and charged over the weekend with possessing drugs with intent to supply.
Investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, who writes for independent Russian-language news website Meduza, was arrested last Thursday and charged over the weekend with possessing drugs with intent to supply. Amid an outcry at his arrest, Golunov has unusually been put under house arrest rather than police custody until August 7, Russian news agency TASS reported. His lawyers insist that the police had planted the drugs on Golunov and the journalist has pleaded not guilty to the drug dealing charges, TASS said.
Unlike many previous cases of journalist harassment, however, Golunov's case has prompted a public outcry with protests outside Moscow's police headquarters on Monday and calls for a bigger march on Wednesday, the New York TImes reported Monday.
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