Yan Roman

Affiliated media: Belsat, Freelance journalist

Incident date: March 17, 2021

Attack type:

• Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Grodno

Additional information:

Police detained the journalist early in the morning, near his home. His apartment was searched and his laptop and phone were seized. Afterwards, the journalist was taken to the police station, before being released later in the evening. This was part of a criminal case about the financing of protests - the journalist allegedly paid administrative fines for protestors who were detained during protests against the falsification of the presidential elections in 2020.