Sergei Grits - Justice for Journalists

Sergei Grits

Affiliated media: Associated Press, Photo correspondent

Incident date: August 11, 2020

Attack type:

  • Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Riot police officers attacked the journalist while he was covering the street protest against the presidential election results. The security officials deliberately smashed the journalist's camera.

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