Yuri Shamshur - Justice for Journalists

Yuri Shamshur

Affiliated media: TASS (Russian Federation) , Journalist

Incident date: November 1, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials detained the journalist when he was covering a protest against the presidential election results, even though the correspondent was wearing a vest with the inscription «Press». He was released after the documents check.

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