Irina Novik - Justice for Journalists

Irina Novik

Affiliated media: Hrodna.life, Journalist

Incident date: August 22, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Grodno

Additional information:

The journalist was detained by the police when she and her husband were filming a pro-government rally in Hrodna in support of Lukashenko. She was taken to the district police department and released after about an hour of preventive talk. The police deleted the working materials from the journalist's camera.

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