Sergei Tikhanovsky
Affiliated media: YouTube channel "Country for Life", Blogger
Incident date: May 19, 2020
Attack type:
- Court trial
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Belsat TV channel
Location: Belarus, Gomel
Additional information:
At the beginning of May, Sergei Tikhanovsky, author of the “Country for Life” YouTube channel, was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for participating in an unauthorized event. On May 19, the court added another 15 days of administrative arrest. Earlier, he was sentenced to 30 days based on two administrative protocols – for meetings with subscribers in Orsha and Brest. Thus, he will spend a total of 45 days in a detention center. According to Tikhanovsky, seven more reports of administrative offences under Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus for organizing meetings with subscribers in different cities of Belarus were drawn up on him, which threatens him with long-term isolation. On May 20, the blogger was unexpectedly released.