Maxim Khlebets - Justice for Journalists

Maxim Khlebets

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: July 9, 2021

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona.Belarus

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

Journalist Maxim Khlebets's home was searched in connection with a terrorism case, the precise details of which are unknown, though he is thought to be a witness in the case. During the search, his phone and laptop were confiscated.

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