Alexander Burakov

Affiliated media: DW, Journalist, Human rights activist

Incident date: May 8, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: YouTube-channel "DW News"

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

Alexander Burakov said that after being detained on May 8, he spent three days in a temporary detention center in Mogilev. The first 7 hours he spent in the so-called «glass», a room without windows with an area of 2.5 by 2.5 square meters, where it was cold and shoes were not allowed. Then the journalist was placed in a cell.