Marina Molchanova

Affiliated media: Babruysk courier, Journalist

Incident date: October 7, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Babruysk

Additional information:

Security forces searched the apartment of Marina Molchanova’s mother (where the journalist is officially registered). One of the police officers explained that the search was conducted as part of the criminal case - several journalists suspected of setting police building on fire. As a result of search, nothing was confiscated.