Affiliated media: Yezhednevnik , Online Newspaper

Incident date: March 26, 2020

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents
• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RSF

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Sergei Satsuk, the editor of Yezhednevnik, an online newspaper that is well known for its investigative reporting on the country’s healthcare system, was arrested on 25 March on a charge of “receiving a bribe,” which carries a possible ten-year jail sentence. The day after his arrest, police officers from the Financial Investigation Department raided the website’s headquarters and seized documents. At least three of its journalists and an accountant were questioned as witnesses. Finally, Satsuk’s home and the home of his neighbours were searched on 27 March.