Anastasia Sharkevich - Justice for Journalists

Anastasia Sharkevich

Affiliated media: Narodnaya Volya , Advertising manager

Incident date: October 1, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

In the morning, the police officers came to the apartment of the newspaper employee. As a result, they confiscated a laptop, flash drivers, and a poster about love for inspection. Sharkevich was taken to the police department for questioning and released a few hours later. She says she doesn't know exactly what criminal case the security officials came to her. Sharkevich said that the search was in a criminal case. It's presumed to be a case of mass riots.

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