Nikolai Gradyushko

Affiliated media: Onliner.by, Commissioning Editor

Incident date: December 13, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials detained the journalist on the street near his home while he was going to a store. He was taken to the police department, where he was accused of participating in an unauthorized event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). He was held in the detention centre for three days until the trial. On December 16, the court found the journalist guilty based on the police report and fined him a large sum.