Affiliated media: Hazeta Slonimaskaya , Newspaper

Incident date: November 9, 2020

Attack type:

• Search without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Slonim

Additional information:

Security forces conducted a search and seized all the equipment in the editorial office of the independent newspaper Hazeta Slonimaskaya. Due to the search, the work of the newspaper was paralysed. The search was sanctioned by the public prosecutor in the criminal case of defamation of an educational worker. Editor-in-chief of the Hazeta Slonimaskaya, Hanna Valadashchuk is a witness in the case. Earlier, the search was also conducted in her apartment.