Dzmitry Dzmitryeu - Justice for Journalists

Dzmitry Dzmitryeu

Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Photo correspondent

Incident date: November 2, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The journalist was detained by the security forces when he was covering the protest action. He was severely beaten despite the fact that he had a press badge and all press certificates with him. Dzmitryeu was also declared a suspect in a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order).

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