Russia - Two journalists fall foul of local authorities in Chelyabinsk region

Reporters without borders

Validity of case and conduct of trial are cause for concern as campaigning newspaper duo appear in court behind closed doors Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned by the inconsistencies and procedural irregularities in the trial of the journalist and activist Valery Uskov, who has been held in pre-trial detention for five months, and his colleague Vyacheslav Baidariko, in the town of Zlatoust in the Chelyabinsk region of the Urals. Their trial continued today behind closed (...)

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