Alexander Burakou Jr.

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: May 15, 2020

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

The police officers came to the journalist's home, told him that he was detained, and took him to the district police department. There, he was drawn up a report for violation of the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). On the same day, the court considered the case, found the journalist guilty, and arrested him for 10 days.