Affiliated media: Babruyski Kuryer, Online newspaper

Incident date: January 17, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Babruysk

Additional information:

The secretary of the precinct elections commission demanded through the court a retraction of information and financial compensation for psychological damage. She disagreed with the facts contained in an article of the Babruysk kury’er devoted to early voting during the parliamentary elections at voting precinct No. 22 in Babruysk. The court took the side of the plaintiff and obliged the publication to fulfill her demands in part.