Aljaksandr Burakou
Affiliated media: DW, Journalist, Human rights activist
Incident date: May 8, 2020
Attack type:
- Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists
Location: Belarus, Mogilev
Additional information:
On May 11 and 12, four Belarusian journalists – Mikhail Arshinski, Aljaksandr Burakou, Ales Asiptsou, and Zmitser Lupach – were arrested for ten days for alleged participation in protests they were covering. Mikhail was later added another 11 days on a second charge. Burakou said that after being detained on May 8, he spent three days in a temporary detention center in Mogilev. The first seven hours he spent in the so-called «glass», a room without windows with an area of 2.5 by 2.5 square meters, where it was cold and shoes were not allowed. Then the journalist was placed in a cell.