Dmitry Brushko

Affiliated media: TUT.BY, Photo correspondent

Incident date: September 3, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Photo correspondent was detained while covering journalists' picket next to the Ministry of Internal Affairs building. He was taken to the police station, and later released with an administrative protocol for petty hooliganism. The reason was that a journalist accidentally pushed a person in the crowd who turned out to be a police officer in civilian clothes.