Aliaksandr Zyankou

Affiliated media: Freelance photographer

Incident date: June 22, 2023

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Barysau

Additional information:

Police officers searched the private house of freelance photographer Aliaksandr Zyankou. As a result of the search, computer equipment and digital media were seized. After the search, the journalist was detained and taken to Minsk for interrogation. At first, he was held in the temporary detention centre on Akrestsina Street, and about 10 days after his detention, he was transferred to the detention centre № 1 on Volodarskogo Street, which meant that he became a suspect in the criminal case.