Svetlana Bogush

Affiliated media: The Mozyr Oil Refiner (industrial newspaper), Editor-in-Chief

Incident date: July 10, 2024

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belorussian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Mozyr

Additional information:

Svetlana Bogush, Editor-in-Chief of industrial newspaper 'the Mozyr Oil Refiner' was arrested on the 10th of July. On the 11th of July she was found guilty of spreading 'extremist' materials (part 2, article 19.11 of the Belorussian Administrative Code) by a Mozyr district judge. Her sentence is not known at this time.