Aliaksandr Pazniak

Affiliated media: Hantsavitski Chas, Journalist

Incident date: March 25, 2021

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hantsevichy

Additional information:

The journalists of the independent regional newspaper Hantsavitski Chas Siarhei Bagrou and Aliaksandr Pazniak were summoned to the Hantsevichy District Department of Internal Affairs allegedly for questioning in the criminal case about the kiosks «Tabakerka» painted over by unknown people. The journalists were warned not to take part in possible unauthorised events (on that day, street actions were held all over the country on the occasion of the Day of Will). They were released after two hours.