Aliaksandr Barazenka

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: October 10, 2017

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The court found a journalist Aliaksandr Barazenka guilty of violating the copyright in relation to the ‘Belsat’ trademark. He was fined 40 base amounts (around EUR 400 in equivalent). Also, the judge ruled to seize the technical equipment that had been taken from Barazenka at the moment of his detention and confiscated from the Belsat TV office after a search at the end of March 2017.