Ales Dashchynsky

Affiliated media: Radio Svaboda, Belarusian service of Radio Liberty , Journalist

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: IMI

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Financial Investigations Department officers came for the journalist to the village house in the Pastavy district, then brought him to his Minsk apartment and searched it, presenting a warrant. As a result of almost an hour and a half search, a laptop, a phone, a hard drive, flash drives, and a bank card were confiscated. Since July 16, the journalist was in custody. On July 23, the journalist was released. Dashchynsky is under a written undertaking not to disclose the investigation results, leave the country, and appear in the police department.