Olga Zhuravskaya

Affiliated media: Video blog Snimat' Razresheno ("The filming is allowed"), Blogger

Incident date: March 31, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Viciebsk

Additional information:

The court fined Zhuravskaya under an administrative article for hooliganism based on a complaint from a doctor of the local hospital. The day before, the blogger brought her son to the hospital to be tested for COVID-19. She wanted to this process for her blog, as well as to record recommendations of doctors on precautionary measures.