In Russia, a female journalist set herself on fire in front of the Interior Ministry in protest of a house search by police.
The Guardian reports that Irina Slavina, a female journalist in the Russian city of Novgorod, set herself on fire in front of the local Interior Ministry office a day after police searched her apartment.
“I want to tell you that the Russian Federation should be blamed for my death,” Irina Slavina wrote on her Facebook page before committing suicide.
According to the report, Irina Slavina, who was working as the editor-in-chief of Koza Press, a small local news agency, had recently published an advertisement saying “there is no censorship from above, no order”.
The day before his death, he wrote on Facebook that police officers and investigators had searched his apartment and were searching for “brochures, pamphlets and accounts” of a Russian opposition group.
Police and investigators also confiscated her notebook, laptop and other electronic items, including her daughter’s laptop and her husband’s mobile phone, he said.
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Russia’s Investigative Committee says a female journalist committed suicide about two and a half miles east of Moscow, but a preliminary investigation is under way.
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However, the Russian Investigative Committee did not name Irina Slovina.
Russian opposition members say Irina Slovenia is under pressure from authorities.
Opposition politician Dmitry Gadkov wrote on Instagram: “Over the past year, female journalists have been subjected to numerous persecutions by security forces for their anti-government activities.
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“It’s a nightmare,” said Ilya Yashin, another Kremlin critic.
He said that all these cases of the police were an insult to him and the government was really paralyzing the people psychologically.