Vasil Fedosenka

Affiliated media: Reuters, Photojournalist

Incident date: July 28, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

On Tuesday afternoon, the police detained a group of journalists near the KGB building in Minsk and drove them away to check their IDs. Today at 4 p.m. Babaryka's team coordinator Maria Kalesnikava was supposed to file a petition to the KGB pleading to change the measure of restraint for the unregistered presidential contender Viktar Babaryka. Police later released all detained journalists.