Katsyaryna Andreyeva
Affiliated media: Belsat TV chanel , Freelance journalist
Incident date: August 27, 2020
Attack type:
- Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists
Location: Belarus, Minsk
Additional information:
About 50 media representatives were detained on August 27 in Minsk on Freedom Square and Independence Square. 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. Katsyaryna Andreyeva refused to give her smartphone for inspection. An administrative report was drawn up on her for participation in an unauthorized event. She was held in the temporary detention centre until the trial. On August 28, the court, having considered the case, sent the documents to the police for revision. The journalist was released.