Событие Sergei Petrukhin - Justice for Journalists

Sergei Petrukhin

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Narodnyy reporter" (People's Reporter), Blogger

Incident date: April 18, 2019

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

The court found the blogger guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code: "Libel" and "Insult". The reason for the prosecution under the article "Libel" was a video filmed and published on YouTube by the blogger on March 23, 2018, in the Leninsky District Court of Brest. The blogger received a fine.

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