Zinaida Timoshek - Justice for Journalists

Zinaida Timoshek

Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Journalist

Incident date: August 6, 2020

Attack type:

  • Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Slutsk

Additional information:

On August, 4 the journalist was detained by the police officers while filming the scheduled meeting of the voters with the presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. She was taken to the police office, where a protocol on violation of the legislation on mass events was drawn up against her. She was later released. On August, 6 the court found her guilty and issued a fine.

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