Aliaksandra Bahuslauskaya
Affiliated media: Deutsche Welle, Journalist
Incident date: August 27, 2020
Attack type:
- Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists
Location: Belarus, Minsk
Additional information:
About 50 media representatives were detained on August 27 in Minsk at Freedom Square and Independence Square. The journalists were going to cover the action against violence and the march of believers of all confessions to the Red Church. Plain-clothed security officials loaded all the journalists into minibuses without registration plate numbers and took them to the police department to «check their documents». The police kept journalists in the station for several hours. In addition to their documents, they forcibly checked their phones. Aliaksandra was told that administrative proceedings under Article 22.9 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus were initiated against her. She allegedly worked without accreditation, even though she had the accreditation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. The journalist's phone was also seized for inspection.