Evgeny Volodashchuk

Affiliated media: Slonimskaya newspaper, Journalist

Incident date: August 6, 2020

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Slonim

Additional information:

On the editorial board assignment, Volodashchuk was preparing a story about early voting in the presidential election. The Chairperson of the district election commission №9 kicked the journalist out of the school territory where the polling station was located, demanded to delete the photos and recordings, and threatened that otherwise, the journalist would have to give explanations to the police.