Sergei Tikhanovsky
Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Country for Life", Blogger
Incident date: May 29, 2020
Attack type:
- Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Viasna Human Rights Centre
Location: Belarus, Grodno
Additional information:
On May 29, police officers detained the head of the initiative group, blogger of the YouTube channel «Country for Life» Sergei Tikhanovsky during the picket in Grodno to collect signatures in support of the nomination of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as a presidential candidate. On May 30, it became known that the criminal case for violence against police officers was initiated against the blogger. It is known that Tikhanovsky and seven other detainees are kept in the temporary detention center in Minsk.