Dzianis Hancharenka

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: September 25, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Dzianis Hancharenka and Ales Lubianchuk were detained near Akrestsina detention centre. They were there to greet their colleagues who had served 11 days in jail. The detained journalists were taken to Maskouski police department where police arrested them until the trail. On 25 September the court charged both journalists under articles 23.4 and 22.9 of the Administrative Code (working for foreign media without accreditation and disobedience to police). Both journalists were arrested for 12 days and fined 30 basic units for working without accreditation.