Siarhei Latsinski - Justice for Journalists

Siarhei Latsinski

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: June 22, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Babruysk

Additional information:

While the journalist was covering a peaceful street action, he was detained by the police and placed in a detention center until the trial. The court found him guilty of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and arrested him for 10 days as a participant of the action.

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