Alexander Velitchenko (Alexander Sayan)

Affiliated media: Greenbelarus.info , Journalist

Incident date: October 8, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The journalist was detained by the police, taken to the police department, and charged with violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). On October 9, the court found Aljaksandr Velitschenka a participant of the protest based on the police report and arrested him for 10 days.