Sergei Tikhanovsky

Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Country for Life", Blogger

Incident date: May 19, 2020

Attack type:

Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

In early May, the author of the popular YouTube channel "Country for Life", Sergei Tikhanovsky, was detained and sentenced to 15 days of arrest for participation in an unauthorized action. On 19 May, the court added a further 15 days of administrative arrest. Earlier, he was arrested for 30 days based on two administrative reports for meeting with his YouTube subscribers in Orsha and Brest. In total, he will spend 45 days in a detention center.

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