Alexander Kabanov - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Kabanov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 17, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

The blogger was accused of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) — allegedly for calling in a video for participation in an unauthorized event. The court arrested him for 15 days.

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