Igor Baranovsky

Affiliated media: Newspaper Carkva , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: October 4, 2020

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

Police detained journalist in the centre of the city. He was taken to the District Internal Affairs Department where a protocol on the violation of the law on mass events was drawn on him. He was arrested for three days awaiting the trial. On 8 October, based on the police protocol, the court found Baranovsky guilty and arrested him for 15 days.