Viktar Yarashuk - Justice for Journalists

Viktar Yarashuk

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 6, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Pinsk

Additional information:

Based on the police report, the court found the journalist guilty of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and arrested him for ten days. Viktar Yarashuk was covering the street action as a journalist.

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