Ales Piletsky

Affiliated media: TUT.BY, Photo correspondent

Incident date: October 4, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

Police detained the journalist in the centre of the city before the Sunday peaceful protest against results of the presidential elections. He was brought to the District Department of Internal Affairs ostensibly for a document check and held for several hours. As a result, he was unable to cover the protest. A preventative talk was also held with journalists about the inadmissibility of participation in unauthorized events.