Affiliated media: Ranak, Regional media company

Incident date: April 21, 2021

Attack type:

• Search with a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Svietlahorsk

Additional information:

Journalists of the regional media company Ranak Uladzimir Papou and Andrei Lipski were visited at home by officers of the Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee. The search warrant stated that it was conducted as part of the investigation of a criminal case. As a result, computers were seized from Lipski and Papou. After that, the law enforcers searched the editorial office of Ranak and took away the work computers of the journalists.