Gennady Veratinsky

Affiliated media: Photographer

Incident date: December 13, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Security officials detained the photographer while he was covering Sunday's protest rally. He was taken to the police station, where he was accused of participating in an unauthorised event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). He was sent to the pre-trial detention center awaiting trial. From there, he was hospitalised with a hypertensive crisis.