Andrei Miadzvedzeu

Affiliated media: Paleskaya Vyasna, Editor

Incident date: July 26, 2021

Attack type:

• Forced emigration as a result of legal / economic pressure

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Rechytsa

Additional information:

Editor of the website Paleskaya Vyasna Andrei Miadzvedzeu was forced to leave Belarus after searches, interrogations in the KGB, recording a «video penance» and inducing him to cooperate with the secret service. The journalist wrote about it on his Facebook page.