Событие Konstantin Zhukovsky - Justice for Journalists

Konstantin Zhukovsky

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: January 13, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: gomel.today

Location: Belarus, Gomel

Additional information:

According to Zhukovsky, on January 13, he and his сolleague Boris Anikeev "were taken captive by the car" on the road near Khoiniki. Anikeev was sprayed in the face with the pepper spray, and Zhukovsky was knocked down. His documents were snatched out, and his passport was torn. "It's good that it was expired and it was an old passport," he noted.

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