Dzianis Ivashyn

Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Journalist

Incident date: April 22, 2023

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Hrodna

Additional information:

It has become known that the parents and wife of political prisoner journalist Dzianis Ivashyn have received threats. They are demanded to stop publicly reporting on the condition and health of the journalist sentenced to 13 years of jail. The relatives are threatened that otherwise an information and communication blockade of Denis will be organised. This means that he will be deprived of phone calls, letters, and meetings (he has already been deprived of one long-term and one short-term visit), and even his legal representative, defence counsel, allegedly will not be able to get to him. This was told to journalists by his wife Volha Ivashyna.