Dziyana Seradziuk - Justice for Journalists

Dziyana Seradziuk

Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Journalist

Incident date: January 27, 2020

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

On the basis of a police warrant, the court punished the journalist with a large fine for violation of the law on mass events (Art. 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Law) – for participation in a street action against integration with Russia. Seredyuk explained to the court that at that time, she was at another location, which could be confirmed by witnesses, but the judge rejected her claims.

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