Daria Spevak

Affiliated media: Onliner.by, Journalist

Incident date: October 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security forces detained the journalist when she was covering a protest in the city centre. She was taken to the local police station, where two administrative reports were drawn up to her: for alleged disobedience to the demands of the police and participation in an unauthorized event. She was kept in the pre-trial detention centre for two days awaiting the trial. On 19 October, the court found him guilty and arrested for 13 days.