Alla Sharko

Affiliated media: Press Club Belarus, Programme director

Incident date: December 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials came to Alla Sharko’s apartment with a search. They confiscated computer equipment, digital media, and documents. After the search, Sharko was taken to the Financial Investigations Department for interrogation. She was given preventive measures in the form of detention for 72 hours as a suspect in a criminal case on tax evasion on a large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).