Affiliated media: Novy Chas, Newspaper

Incident date: August 15, 2018

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Businessman Arkady Israelevich sued the newspaper Novy Chas. He wanted to recover 40,000 Belarus rubles from the newspaper for «moral suffering, deterioration of condition and damage of reputation». The court dismissed the appeal.