Ivan Grebenyuk

Affiliated media: Current Time , Journalist

Incident date: August 7, 2020

Attack type:

• Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation
• Forced deportation, Extradition
• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The journalists of the Current Time TV channel were detained in Minsk. The security officials (two in police uniform and two in civilian clothes) came to the Minsk hotel. The journalists were taken to the Moskovsky District police department of Minsk. They were charged with violation of the law on mass media – working in Belarus without accreditation. The journalists were deported with a ban on entry for ten years.