Anatol Hatouchyts

Affiliated media: Narodnaya Volya, Journalist

Incident date: February 17, 2023

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Homiel

Additional information:

The journalist of the independent media outlet Narodnaya Volya Anatol Hatouchyts was not allowed into the courtroom of the Homiel Regional Court for the announcement of the verdict to the participants of the Workers’ Movement. According to the journalist, the public and media relations specialist Alina Suleyka stopped him at the entrance and demanded him to wait for the participants of the trial to enter, and then announced that the trial had already started and the guards closed the door.