Andrei Ryabchyk

Affiliated media: BelaPAN , Journalist

Incident date: November 16, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Euroradio

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

BelaPAN journalists were detained in the hotel room when they were filming a street protest from the window of their room. They were taken to the police department, where they were drawn up reports for participation in an unauthorised event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). They were held in the detention centre until the trial. On November 16, the court found Andrei Ryabchyk guilty based on the police report and arrested him for 15 days.