Roman Protasevich

Affiliated media: European Radio for Belarus, Journalist

Incident date: April 4, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The police obstructed the work of journalists in the Kurapaty tract, where builders were demolishing the crosses erected by the public around the memorial. To the comment of journalists that the law allows them to be present at the scene of socially essential events, deputy chief of the head of the Minsk police department Sergei Udodov threatened to arrest them.