Sergey Shchurko

Affiliated media: Pressball.by , Journalist

Incident date: September 14, 2020

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The police officers came to the journalist for a talk – as a result, he was taken to the police department, accused of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and held in the detention center until the trial. On September 15, the court found the journalist guilty of participating in a street protest and arrested him for 15 days.