Oleg Zhelnov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: December 8, 2017

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Mahiliou

Additional information:

Police of Mogilev Oblast won the trail on the protection of honour, dignity and business reputation of law enforcement officers against blogger Oleg Zhelenov. The court ordered the removal of the offensive video and demanded Zhelnov to pay 3,000 BYN (1174 USD) in favour of each of the two plaintiffs.