Anton Motolko - Justice for Journalists

Anton Motolko

Affiliated media: Motolko Help Telegram channel, Blogger

Incident date: March 19, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TUT.BY

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Anton Motolko was accused of a number of crimes by the Investigative Committee: taking part in riots (Articles 293 and 342), inciting hostility on the basis of professional affiliation (Part 3 of Article 130), founding an extremist organisation (Part 1 of Article 3611), aiming to destabilise the socio-political and economic situation in the country; and causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus (Part 3 of Article 361).

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