Maksim Berazinsky - Justice for Journalists

Maksim Berazinsky

Affiliated media: Tribuna.com, Head of the project

Incident date: September 1, 2021

Attack type:

  • Damage to / seizure of residence / work premises

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The law enforcers searched the flat where the head of the sports portal Tribuna Maksim Berazinsky lived before leaving Belarus. They broke down the front door and told the neighbours that they were looking for drugs. As a result of the search, the hard drive of an old computer, several flash cards, white and red bracelets, a magnet with Pahonia from the fridge and a bat with the logo of Tribuna were seized from the flat. Maksim Berazinsky also said that the flat of another employee of the media outlet Tribuna.com was searched the other day.

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