Mikalai Klimovich - Justice for Journalists

Mikalai Klimovich

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: May 5, 2023

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: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus has updated the list of persons involved in extremist activities. Among others, the list of «extremists» was supplemented by Vatslau Areshka, convicted in the case of a trade union, and Pinsk-based blogger Mikalai Klimovich, convicted on charges of insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka.

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