Yury Dzyashuk - Justice for Journalists

Yury Dzyashuk

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: December 3, 2021

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Byarozauka

Additional information:

In the morning, in Byarozauka (Hrodna Region), the law enforcers came to search the journalist’s flat. After the search, Dzyashuk was taken to Lida for interrogation in a criminal case, and was released in the evening. It is not known who the journalist was interrogated as (witness or suspect) — he signed a non-disclosure undertaking.

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