Affiliated media: Radio Svaboda, News website

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

In the morning, law enforcers broke down the door to the Minsk office of Radio Svaboda, ripped out the video surveillance cameras, and then conducted a search — they seized all the equipment and documents. The Investigative Committee stated that the searches in NGOs and mass media, which continued in Belarus for the third day, were related to the shadow movement of finances, non-payment of taxes, and financing of protest activity.