Mikola Byanko

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Homyel

Additional information:

The police officers came to the apartment of Mikola Byanko’s wife’s parents. They asked questions about his work, asked about the journalist’s participation in the activities of the Belarusian Association of Journalists. Mikola Byanko was the head of the Homyel branch of BAJ. The policemen also called the journalist and demanded to name his whereabouts, although, according to Mikola, he was in the city and was not hiding.