Roman Protasevich

Affiliated media: European Radio for Belarus, Journalist

Incident date: November 5, 2018

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The police detained the journalist for several hours on charges of physically attacking the bus driver. The transport enterprise in the meantime informed the editorial office Euroradio that there was no such incident. The purpose of the detention remained unknown.