Andrey Bodilev

Affiliated media: YouTube-channel “Svobodnyy belarus” (Free Belarusian), Blogger

Incident date: December 16, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mogilev

Additional information:

The taxi in which the blogger was going to work was suddenly cut in by the minibus. Masked security officials ran out of it and literally pulled Bodilev out of the car. After that, his apartment was searched – the police were interested in the computer equipment. He was then taken for interrogation as a witness in a criminal case opened after the wire appeared on the railway tracks in Mogilev. The blogger was released after interrogation.