Siarhei Piatrukhin

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

Incident date: August 30, 2018

Attack type:

• Search without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Brest

Additional information:

Special police units (OMON) knocked down the blogger’s apartment door. They searched the flat, seized computers and other equipment. Siarhei Piatrukhin was detained and handcuffed and taken to the District police department. He was released a few hours later.