Alexander Kabanov - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Kabanov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 17, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

The blogger was accused of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) – for «calling for participation in an unauthorized protest action» in a video. The court arrested him for 15 days.

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