Sergey Ptushko

Affiliated media: Onliner.by, Cameraman

Incident date: August 11, 2020

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Onliner website correspondent Uladzislau Barysovich and cameraman Sergey Ptushko were detained near the French Embassy. The journalists got out of the car to take photos and videos of the police cars standing in the street. The security officials beat the journalists and smashed Ptushko 's video camera.