Vitaly Skryl - Justice for Journalists

Vitaly Skryl

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 25, 2020

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

The journalist was summoned for interrogation to the Investigative Committee as a witness in the criminal case initiated on the facts of street clashes between the police and peaceful protesters. According to Vitaly, the investigator asked him whether he financed the riots, whether he was paid for his presence at the action, whether he filmed the events of that day on his phone and where that phone was.

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