Aliaksandr Sayenka - Justice for Journalists

Aliaksandr Sayenka

Affiliated media: Photographer

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hrodna

Additional information:

At about 9:30 AM, the law enforcers came with a search to the apartment of the photographer Aliaksandr Sayenka. During the search, they confiscated two phones, two cameras, and a flash drive. After that, Sayenka was taken for interrogation as a witness in the criminal case under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (mass riots).

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