Dmitry Buyanov - Justice for Journalists

Dmitry Buyanov

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Freelance journalist

Incident date: January 9, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The journalist was not permitted into the building of the Frunze District Court of Minsk. At the entrance, Anna Zhuravskaya, aide to the court chairman, met the journalists and stated that she knew that Dmitry Buyanov “works at Belsat TV” and gave an order to the guard not to allow him into the building with a video camera.

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