Tatsiana Kurjan

Affiliated media: Nasha Niva , Journalist

Incident date: November 15, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The police detained the journalist while she was covering Sunday's protest against the results of the presidential election and the violence of the law enforcers. She was taken to the police department «to check the documents», where she was drawn up a report for participation in an unauthorized event (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus) and held for about 10 hours. Kurjan was released late at night.