Yuri Deshuk - Justice for Journalists

Yuri Deshuk

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: March 1, 2021

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Lida

Additional information:

The Lida District Court found the journalist guilty of participating in an unauthorized event and punished him with the maximum possible fine - 50 basic units. The reason for the administrative prosecution was the presence of a journalist during the announcement of the verdict to the public activist Vitold Ashurk.

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