Andrey Aliaksandrovich

Affiliated media: Belorusy i Rynok, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 18, 2022

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

In the morning, KGB officers came to the home of the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Belorusy i Rynok Andrey Aliaksandrovich. They searched his flat and confiscated his laptop. After that, the journalist was taken to the KGB for interrogation. In the afternoon, he was released with an undertaking of non-disclosure of the secrets of the investigation. It is known that Aliaksandrovich is a witness in the criminal case of incitement to hatred (Article 130 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) against the director of the newspaper Belorusy i Rynok Kanstantsin Zalatykh, detained the same morning.