Ales Piletsky - Justice for Journalists

Ales Piletsky

Affiliated media: TUT.BY, Narodnaya Volya, Photo correspondent

Incident date: November 15, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

The police detained the photo correspondent before Sunday's protest against the presidential election results and the security forces' violence. At first, he was forced into the police van. Later he was taken to the police department, where he was held for three hours and then released without a report.

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