Alexey Kairis

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: July 23, 2018

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Grodno

Additional information:

Journalists were detained on the street by people in civilian clothes and taken to the District Internal Affairs Department for interrogation. After that, searches were conducted in the journalists' apartments and their computers and equipment were seized. Police officers explained that the check is conducted in regards to the "filmed news story".