Vital Sizou

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: February 1, 2017

Attack type:

• Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Police broke into the hotel room of the correspondent at 2.45 am and forcefully took him to the Central district police department. The alleged reason for the detention was that Vital Sizou was on the Russian lists of persons who banned entry to Russia. He was instructed to leave the territory of Belarus in 24 hours and released four hours after the detention.