Mikalai Sharakh - Justice for Journalists

Mikalai Sharakh

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: March 6, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Polatsk

Additional information:

Journalist and public activist Mikalai Sharakh was detained by the police in his home. He was placed in custody until the trial. On the phone, Mikalai told his wife that an administrative case for distribution of extremist materials had been brought against him.

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