Pyotr Slutski - Justice for Journalists

Pyotr Slutski

Affiliated media: Press Club Belarus, Cameraman

Incident date: December 22, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials came to the journalist’s apartment with a search and confiscated computer equipment, digital media, and documents. After the search, he was given a preventive measure in the form of detention for 72 hours as a suspect in a criminal case on tax evasion on a large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus).

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