Konstantin Zhukovsky

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: January 28, 2019

Attack type:

• Forced emigration as a result of legal / economic pressure

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

The freelance journalist left Belarus together with his family and applied for asylum in the UK. Zhukovsky said that the reason for the emigration was administrative prosecution for journalistic activities by the authorities, detentions, threats and assaults.