Katsyaryna Andreeva - Justice for Journalists

Katsyaryna Andreeva

Affiliated media: Belsat TV , Journalist

Incident date: November 15, 2020

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Ten security officials broke the door into the apartment where Belsat TV journalists Katsyaryna Andreeva and Daria Chultsova were. The journalists were taken to the police department, where two administrative reports were drawn up against each of them: for alleged disobedience to the demands of police and for participating in an unauthorised event. They were arrested awaiting the trial. On November 17, the court found Chultsova guilty and arrested for seven days.

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