Valeriy Stepchenkov

Affiliated media: TASS (Russian Federation) , Journalist

Incident date: October 11, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

The security officials detained at least 43 media workers on October 11 while covering protests against the presidential election results. The journalist was detained two times in one day. He was taken to the police department «to check the documents», held there for several hours, and then released without a report.