Iryna Slavnikava

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Official representative of the TV channel in Belarus

Incident date: November 4, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Inmates of the cell on Okrestina, where journalist Iryna Slavnikava is held, went on a hunger strike. On October 30, the court arrested her for 15 days on charges of distributing extremist materials. The prisoners are deprived of the opportunity to receive parcels, and recently, their toothbrushes and medications were confiscated, which were «inherited» from those who had already been released. The reason, according to one of the former cellmates, was that «they asked the administration for toilet paper in the wrong tone». She also added that there are 11 people in the double cell where Slavnikava is held.