Pyotr Kuznetsov - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Kuznetsov

Affiliated media: Sil'nye novosti (gomel.today) , Founder

Incident date: October 5, 2020

Attack type:

  • Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

Security officers searched the office of gomel.today. It was explained that the search was being carried out based on the administrative case of editor-in-chief Anna Yakstas, who accused of participating in an unauthorized action. As a result, two laptops, several telephones, including personal ones, flash drives and two notebooks of Pyotr Kuznetsov were confiscated.

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