Yuri Deshuk

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: February 5, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Lida

Additional information:

The police detained the journalist and took him to the local police station, where he was accused of participating in an unauthorised event (Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code). Before the trial, the journalist was kept in jail for two days. On 5 February, the court returned the police report for revision, and Deshuk was released until the next case hearing.