Mikalai Maminau - Justice for Journalists

Mikalai Maminau

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Documentary filmmaker

Incident date: September 20, 2020

Attack type:

  • Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Police officers detained the journalist in the evening in his apartment. His colleagues and relatives did not know about his whereabouts for several days. Later, it became known that Maminau was accused of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and was arrested for 15 days by court decision.

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