Artem Lyava

Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Freelance journalist

Incident date: August 6, 2020

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Journalists Artem Lyava and Mikhail Ilyin were interrogated by the Investigative Committee as witnesses in a criminal case under Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus on group actions that violate the public order. The case was opened after protests in Minsk on July,14.