Alena Dubovik (Sherbinskaya)
Affiliated media: Belsat TV , Freelance journalist
Incident date: August 10, 2020
Attack type:
- Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
- Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
- Court trial
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists
Location: Belarus, Minsk
Additional information:
The journalist was detained by riot police on 10 August near the Minsk Tsentralny district police department together with journalist Tatiana Belashova. They tried to find out the fate of Belsat TV cameraman Vitaly Dubik. Both were wearing "Press" vests. She was taken to the Okrestina Detention Centre. There police officers used the force. They drew up a protocol on the violation of the mass events legislation. The journalist was released on 13/08/2020. “They started beating me right away. A woman in uniform beat me -she was a warden. She beat all the girls. Then, on the 13th, when there was a trial, I refused to sign the papers, which said I was arrested near the shopping centre "Riga". They took me out to the corridor, and the same woman started beating me again - with her knee in the stomach,” the journalist said. After her release, Dubovik was hospitalized on suspicion of ruptured internal organs.