Siarhei Yakupau

Affiliated media: Press Club Belarus, Program Director

Incident date: December 24, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belsat TV channel

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

All of the detained employees of the Press Club were interrogated in the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee. They are being held as suspects in a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (tax evasion on a large scale). The General Prosecutor's Office chose a preventive measure for them in the form of arrest.