Maria Erema - Justice for Journalists

Maria Erema

Affiliated media: TUT.BY, Editor

Incident date: November 13, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials detained Erema at the action of solidarity in memory of the murdered Raman Bandarenka. She was taken to the police department, charged with participation in an unauthorized event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus), and held in the detention centre for three days until the trial. On November 16, the court found Erema guilty based on the police report and arrested her for 13 days.

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