Alina Skrebunova - Justice for Journalists

Alina Skrebunova

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Freelance journalist

Incident date: March 18, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Mogilev once again fined Alina Skrebunova on charges of illegal production of media products - for cooperating with foreign media without the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accreditation. The court found her guilty of a violation of the Art. 23.5 of the Administrative Code and imposed a fine of 30 basic units for the story that appeared in the Belsat TV channel's news programme. This is the 10th fine since the beginning of March 2021, the total amount of which now is approximately US$2,900.

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