Andrey Medvedev

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: May 7, 2020

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Rechytsa

Additional information:

At its own initiative, the police began a check on the journalist under Art. 189 of the Criminal Code (“Insult”), supposedly for offending the editor-in-chief of the state district newspaper in commentary.