Sergey Lyapin

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 1, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

Based on the police report, the court found the journalist guilty of violating the legislation on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and ruled to fine him 10 basic amounts. Lyapin was covering the street action as a journalist.