Katsiaryna Andreyeva

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: July 28, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Journalists came to the KGB building in the center of Minsk to cover the visit of Viktar Babaryka's team coordinator Maria Kalesnikava, who at 4 PM was planning to submit an application to change Babaryka's preventive measure under her responsibility. Riot policemen, officers and unidentified people in civilian clothes detained journalists. They drove them to the Zavodsky District police department «to check the documents». Soon they were released without reports.