Siarhei Lysenko

Affiliated media: Photographer

Incident date: July 5, 2022

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: European Radio for Belarus

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

It became known that the law enforcement officers detained the photographer Siarhei Lysenko. The court arrested him under an administrative article for 15 days. The reason was the presence of the photographer on June 27 in Gomel park, where a holiday for Ukrainian refugee children was to take place. On that day, 10 minutes after the party started, the police forced the participants to disperse, threatening them with the consequences for taking part in an unauthorized event, as the organizers had not submitted an official application to hold the event. It is worth mentioning that the event was held in another place as a private meeting.