Anatol Sanatenka - Justice for Journalists

Anatol Sanatenka

Affiliated media: Bobruysky Kuryer, Editor-in-Chief

Incident date: September 16, 2022

Attack type:

  • Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Bobruisk

Additional information:

It became known that the law enforcers detained Anatol Sanatenka, editor-in-chief of the independent online newspaper Bobruysky Kuryer. According to witnesses, his house was searched and all equipment was confiscated. After that, Bobruisk District and Bobruisk City Court arrested the journalist for 15 days. The details and reasons for the persecution are unknown.

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