Sergei Satsuk

Affiliated media: Yezhednevnik, Editor

Incident date: March 25, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RSF

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Sergei Satsuk, the editor of Yezhednevnik, an online newspaper that is well known for its investigative reporting on the country’s healthcare system, was arrested on 25 March on a charge of “receiving a bribe,” which carries a possible ten-year jail sentence.