Ales Piletski - Justice for Journalists

Ales Piletski

Affiliated media: TUT.BY, Photo correspondent

Incident date: October 11, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

On October 11, at least 43 journalists were detained in Belarus during protests against the announced results of the presidential election. The journalist was detained, taken to the police station allegedly for a document check and released several hours later without protocol.

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