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.