Maxim Nesterkov

Affiliated media: by.tribuna.сom, Journalist

Incident date: November 6, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BelaPAN

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Security forces detained journalist in the courtyard of his house where the famous activist Nina Baginskaya lives, while the search was conducted in her apartment. He was taken to the District Department of Internal Affairs, accused of participating in an unauthorized event and held in the detention centre until the trial. On 6 November, the court, based on the police protocol, found him guilty and arrested for 12 days.