Marina Smirnova

Affiliated media: CityDog.by, Editor

Incident date: December 1, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook page of Serge Sakharau

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Security forces detained the journalist while a protest against the results of the presidential election was taking place in the city. She was taken to the District Department of Internal Affairs, where she was accused of participating in an unauthorized event. For two days she was held in the pre-trial detention centre. On 1 December, the court, based on the police protocol, found her guilty and arrested for 15 days.