Alexander Sidareuski - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Sidareuski

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Cameraman

Incident date: March 15, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Mogilev found journalists Alina Skrebunova and Alexander Sidareuski guilty of illegally manufacturing media products - for cooperation with foreign media without the accreditation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. The reason for the administrative prosecution was the story on the Belsat TV channel. The court fined each of the journalists for 30 basic units.

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