Affiliated media: Intex-press, Journalist

Incident date: February 16, 2023

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Baranavichy

Additional information:

The correspondent of the independent regional media outlet Intex-press, who communicated with citizens on the streets of Baranavichy for the publication, was summoned to the police station for questioning at 10 AM. By the end of the day, the Baranavichy police department responded to another call from the Intex-press Publishing House LLC with a question about the fate of the employee that she had been detained for 72 hours. The officers did not specify why. The editorial office has not yet given the journalist’s name. The day before, the law enforcers carried out an «inspection» of the Intex-press editorial office and seized computer equipment and digital media.