Yury Hladchuk

Affiliated media: ABW.by (Autobusiness) , Editor of advertising projects

Incident date: February 20, 2023

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

It became known that the editor of advertising projects of Autobusiness — abw.by Yury Hladchuk was sentenced to 2.5 years of colony. Such a decision was taken by the Frunzensky District Court of Minsk. The journalist was found guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: insulting Lukashenka (Part 1 of Article 368) and active participation in group actions, grossly violating public order (Part 1 of Article 342). The trial over Hladchuk started on December 2, 2022, but information about the verdict appeared only now.