Roman Protasevich

Affiliated media: European Radio for Belarus, Journalist

Incident date: April 4, 2019

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Police obstructed the work of journalists in the Kurapaty tract, where, on the orders of the authorities, builders demolished 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 Sergei Udodov, the head of the District Internal Affairs Department threatened to arrest them.