Natalya Zhukouskaya

Affiliated media: Alfa Radio, Radio presenter

Incident date: February 20, 2024

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

It became known that the police detained employees of Alfa Radio (the radio station is part of the state holding SB Belarus Today). The law enforcers posted in their Telegram channel forced «repentance» videos of the radio presenter Natalya Zhukouskaya and sound engineer Dzmitry Kulikousky. On the police camera, Zhukouskaya «confesses» that she has videos of the protests on her phone, and that she voted for Tsikhanouskaya in the election and sent her ballot to the Golos initiative’s chatbot. Kulikousky is charged with allegedly subscribing to «destructive» Telegram channels.