Irina Orekhovskaya

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: October 14, 2017

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, Minsk

Additional information:

The riot police intruded into the ‘210 METROV’ open space premises during a concert. Reportedly, all people were forced to lie down on the floor. Some of them were beaten hard. The journalist was attacked by police for holding a mobile phone in her hand.