Pavlyuk Bykovsky

Affiliated media: Deutsche Welle, Journalist

Incident date: April 4, 2019

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Police obstructed the work of journalists in the Kurapaty tract, where, on the orders of the authorities, builders demolished the crosses erected by the public around the memorial. To the comment of journalists that the law allows them to be present at the scene of socially important events, deputy Sergei Udodov, the head of the Minsk police department, threatened to detain them.