Alexander Levchuk

Affiliated media: Belsat, Freelance journalist

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

Police conducted a search in the apartment of the parents of journalist Ales Levchuk. The search took place as part of a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 342 (“involvement in mass riots”), following the events of 13 September, 2020. The search was carried out by employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption. Nothing was taken during the search.