Aliaksei Batsiukou - Justice for Journalists

Aliaksei Batsiukou

Affiliated media: Mahiliou Media, Journalist, Blogger

Incident date: December 6, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mahiliou

Additional information:

Judge of the Leninsky District Court of Mahiliou Victoria declared journalist Aliaksei Batsiukou, detained the day before, guilty of an offence under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus (possession/distribution of extremist materials) on the basis of a police report and arrested him for 15 days.

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