Ksenia Pyatrovich

Affiliated media: Binokl, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: July 16, 2021

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ksenia Pyatrovich's Twitter account

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

The law enforcers searched the flat of the parents of Ksenia Pyatrovich, the editor-in-chief of the Brest-based website Binokl, at the place of her official registration. Ksenia Pyatrovich’s mother was summoned from a sanatorium for the search. The law enforcers said that the search was based on a criminal case under Article 289 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (act of terrorism).