Affiliated media: Leader-Press, News portal

Incident date: June 10, 2021

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Salihorsk

Additional information:

The law enforcers searched the editorial office of the Salihorsk-based news portal Leader-Press and the flats of the Ufimtsavs, its owners. After the search, the son and daughter-in-law Ufimtsavs, who are employees of the editorial office, were taken to the police station for interrogation and then released after signing a non-disclosure undertaking. The editor-in-chief Antanina Ufimtsava confirmed this information, but refused to comment on the incident. She also did not say what the search was about, referring to the non-disclosure agreement given by her relatives.