Kanstantsin Zalatykh

Affiliated media: Belorusy i Rynok, Director

Incident date: April 6, 2023

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Director of the economic newspaper Belorusy i Rynok Kanstantsin Zalatykh was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. The sentence was passed by judge of the Minsk City Court Alena Shylko. The media manager was found guilty under four articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic Belarus: incitement of hatred (Part 2 of Article 130), insulting the president (Part 1 of Article 368), insulting a representative of power (Article 369), and abuse of power (Part 2 of Article 426). The trial was held in closed mode. Zalatykh was in custody since May 18 2022.