Justyna Prus - Justice for Journalists

Justyna Prus

Affiliated media: PAP (Polish news agency), Journalist

Incident date: July 12, 2023

Attack type:

  • Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona Belarus

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The correspondent of the Polish news agency PAP Justyna Prus was banned from entering Belarus for 5 years, the media outlet reported. The report says that the specific reason for the ban is unknown, while the documents issued by the KGB of Belarus refer only to the general article of the law regulating the stay of foreign citizens in the country. As PAP writes, Prus had previously worked in Belarus for 5 years, covering the 2020 protests and the migration crisis in 2021, among others.

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