Larisa Shchiryakovа

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Freelance journalist

Incident date: June 2, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

On June,2 the court fined Larisa Shchiryakovа and found her guilty of illegally producing media content without the license on the Polish satellite TV channel Belsat. On April, 6 the channel reported about the first COVID-19 case and hospitalisation of 39 people in the village of Kommunar, including schoolchildren, their parents, teachers and the doctor in the local surgery.