Alexander Sidareuski - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Sidareuski

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: September 23, 2020

Attack type:

  • Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

Three plain-clothed police officers waited for the journalist's mother in the entranceway. When she came out of the apartment, they forced her to take the subpoena for her son in an administrative case. He is accused of participating in unauthorized street action. This is not the first visit of law enforcers to Alexander Sidareuski's mother.

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