Artem Mayorau

Affiliated media: European Radio for Belarus, Belorusy i rynok business weekly newspaper , Journalist

Incident date: October 19, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The journalist was detained by security officials when he was covering a protest action in the centre of the city. He was taken to the police department, where two administrative reports were drawn up on him: for alleged disobedience to police demands (Article 23.4 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and for participation in an unauthorized event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). He was held in the detention centre for one day until the trial. On October 19, the court found Mayorau guilty and arrested him for 15 days.