Hanna Shabeta (Halyota)

Affiliated media: TV channel Belsat, Host of the program Fake News

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The law enforcers searched the journalist's apartment, took away her equipment, and then detained her as part of a criminal case under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (mass riots) and placed her in a temporary detention center. The journalist spent seven days behind bars and was released on July 23.