Sergei Skulavets

Affiliated media: Belsat TV , Former journalist

Incident date: January 17, 2025

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Stolin district

Additional information:

Security forces conducted yet another search at the home of the 86-year-old grandmother of former Belsat TV journalist Sergei Skulavets. He left Belarus in 2023, but police continue to harass his relatives. His grandmother lives in the village of Khorsk in the Stolin district. She had no intention of letting uninvited guests into her yard, but one police officer jumped over the fence to get into the house. "A detective from Stolin came with a search warrant signed by a prosecutor from Ivatsevichy. Before that, they called my mother, identified themselves as police, and said that a criminal case had been opened against me," Sergei Skulavets said.