Sergei Satsuk - Justice for Journalists

Sergei Satsuk

Affiliated media: Yezhednevnik, Editor

Incident date: March 25, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: RSF

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Sergei Satsuk, the editor of Yezhednevnik, was arrested on March, 25 on a charge of "receiving a bribe". Satsuk is now facing up to ten years in prison on a corruption charge after criticizing the president’s relaxed approach to the Covid-19 epidemic.

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