Vladimir Tsyganovich

Affiliated media: MozgON, Blogger

Incident date: June 15, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Sovetsky District Court of Minsk arrested the blogger for 15 days on charges of violating the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus). Since the blogger was already under arrest, the trial was held via Skype. As a result, the judge decided to sentence the blogger to another 15 days in jail.