South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) calls for an urgent investigation into the last month attack on Volodymyr Sedov (Володимир Сєдов), an anti-corruption journalist in Ukraine. The editor-in-chief of the local newspaper Visti Ananivshchyna (Вести Ананьевщины), who works also for the Deputy of the Odessa Regional Council, was assaulted by unidentified individuals on 12 July 2023 in a park near his home in the southern city of Ananiv in the Odesa region, Ukraine. He was knocked unconscious and suffered injuries to his right hand, including two broken fingers. Till today the attackers are free.
Sedov reported numerous times on allegations of corruption. Additionally, he frequently posted about crime and graft in social media.
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