Siarhei Chyhryn

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: December 26, 2022

Attack type:

• Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Slonim

Additional information:

Journalist Siarhei Chyhryn did not leave the temporary detention centre after his administrative arrest. He was again detained on charges of violation of Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus (distribution of information products included in the national list of extremist materials) and left in the detention centre for three days until the trial. On December 26, the Slonim District Court found the journalist guilty of reposting «extremist materials» on the basis of the police report and arrested him for 15 days.