Aliaksandr Vyalitchanka

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: August 11, 2021

Attack type:

• Search without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Homiel

Additional information:

Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption searched the flat where journalist Aliaksandr Vyalitchanka was registered. As a result, a laptop was seized. As the journalist was not at home, his mother was summoned to conduct the search. The woman, who was on holiday at the time, was summoned to work by the management, then met there by the police officers, taken home and had her flat searched.