Alexander Sidareuski - Justice for Journalists

Alexander Sidareuski

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 2, 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 journalist was summoned to the police station and detained there. He was taken to the police department, accused of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus), and placed in the detention centre for three days.

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