Yevhen Vasylyev

Affiliated media: Journalist, Human Rights Activist

Incident date: August 12, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Ukrainian journalists Kostyantyn Revutsky (Hromadske) and Yevhen Vasylyev were detained near Victory Square. Late night, the Investigative Committee officers searched the apartment of human rights activist Tatsiana Revyaka, where the detained journalists spent the night. They were interested in the belongings of the Ukrainians: a passport and a laptop were seized from one of them. Tatsiana Revyaka's laptop was also confiscated. The Ukrainian journalists were released on August 14.