Volha Chaychyts

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Journalist

Incident date: October 16, 2018

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The journalist was detained while she was preparing a story about the protection of the Kurapaty Memorial by activists. She was taken to a police station, held for several hours and drew up an administrative report on the violation of the Media Law.