Sergei Petrukhin

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Narodnyy reporter (People's Reporter), Blogger

Incident date: August 30, 2018

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, Brest

Additional information:

OMON (special police units) knocked down the door to the blogger's apartment. The search was conducted, and computers and equipment were seized. Petrukhin was detained and taken to the District Internal Affairs Department. He was released a few hours later.