Siarhei Yakupau

Affiliated media: Press Club Belarus, Program director

Incident date: December 22, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Viasna Human Rights Centre

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials came to Yakupau's home with a search and seized his computer equipment, electronic media, and documents. After the search, a preventive measure in the form of arrest for 72 hours in the status of a suspect in a criminal case of tax evasion on a large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus) was applied to Yakupau.