Igor Baranovsky - Justice for Journalists

Igor Baranovsky

Affiliated media: Newspaper Carkva , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: October 8, 2020

Attack type:

  • Court trial

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.

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