Sergei Petrukhin - Justice for Journalists

Sergei Petrukhin

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Narodnyy reporter (People's Reporter), Blogger

Incident date: July 7, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The blogger was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus: Art. 342 (“Organization or active participation in group actions seriously disturbing the peace”), Art. 369 (“Public insult of government officials in connection with the performance of their official duties”), Art. 391 (“Insult of a judge or people’s assessor in connection with their exercise of justice”).

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