Volha Chajchyts

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: January 21, 2019

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Police detained journalists near the Kurapaty memorial near Minsk. The traffic police stopped the car of the film crew. Journalists were taken to the District Internal Affairs Department where they've been kept for several hours. Administrative protocols for illegal production and distribution of media products and for cooperation with the Belsat TV channel without accreditation of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs were drawn to them.