Anton Starkov - Justice for Journalists

Anton Starkov

Affiliated media: Daily Storm , Journalist

Incident date: August 9, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalistsl

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Anton was detained in the center of Minsk, where a where a demonstration was taking place with those who disagreed with preliminary results of voting. During the arrest, he was beaten by riot police officers. He spent almost a day in the CIP (Center for Isolation of Offenders), and released on the evening of 10 August.

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