Vyacheslav Lazarev

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 6, 2020

Attack type:

• Search without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

Police officers searched the apartment of the journalist’s mother (where Lazarev is officially registered). They demanded from 80-year-old woman to show where Lazarev was hiding video equipment and asked if her son is sleeping over. As a result, they found nothing.