Siarhei Bahrou

Affiliated media: Hantsavitski Chas, Employee

Incident date: August 29, 2023

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hantsavichy

Additional information:

The employee of the independent newspaper Hantsavitski Chas Siarhei Bahrou was summoned to the Hantsavichy District Police Department for a «preventive conversation». On the phone, the police called the reason a certain «family conflict», about which Bahrou knew nothing. He went to the police together with his wife to find out who was the «scandaliser». At the police station, it turned out that his wife’s presence was not required, and the conversation concerned Bahrou’s work as a DJ in a cafe. The police also asked about his work in the media outlet Hantsavitski Chas, but Bahrou said that he did not write articles, but was engaged in technical things. That was the end of the «preventive conversation» with him.