Stanislau Ivashkevich

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: December 15, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials detained the journalist when he was covering Sunday's protest march. He was taken to the police department, where he was accused of participating in an unauthorized event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). He was held in the detention centre for two days until the trial. On December 15, the court found the journalist guilty based on the police report and fined him a large sum.