Vladislav Yarota - Justice for Journalists

Vladislav Yarota

Affiliated media: SlutskGorod, Journalist, Administrator

Incident date: August 4, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Slutsk

Additional information:

The journalist was detained by the police officers while filming arrests of the citizens, who came to the scheduled meeting with the presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. He was taken to the police office and released after an hour without drawing up a protocol.

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