Raman Vasyukovich

Affiliated media: Current Time, Journalist

Incident date: April 7, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk fined the correspondent of the TV channel Current Time Raman Vasyukovich 20 base amounts (BYN 580) under Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus — «distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls to extremist activities». The case concerned the book «Belarusian Donbass,» which was declared extremist. Vasyukovich was detained at the Minsk airport on December 11, 2020. Two copies of the book «Belarusian Donbass», which had not yet been declared extremist, were seized from him. The court declared it as such only on March 26, 2021.