Alesya Latinskaya

Affiliated media: Bobr.by, Journalist

Incident date: October 4, 2020

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Babruysk

Additional information:

The journalist was detained while she was covering a protest against results of the presidential elections. She was taken to the District Internal Affairs Department, where an administrative report on the violation of the law on mass events was drawn on her. She was arrested awaiting the trial, even though she has a baby. On 5 October, the court postponed the hearing till the following day and released journalist. On 6 October, the court returned documents to the police for further processing.