Darya Danilava - Justice for Journalists

Darya Danilava

Affiliated media: TAM.BY , Manager

Incident date: May 18, 2021

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Darya Danilava was detained on May 18, 2021, as part of a criminal case initiated against the news portal TUT.BY for tax evasion on a particularly large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). Danilava was released on April 25, 2022. She was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order or active participation in them) and sentenced to a year and four months in a general regime colony. Given the time spent in a pre-trial detention center, she was released in the courtroom.

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