Zmitser Kazakevich

Affiliated media: Belsat TV, Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 25, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitsebsk

Additional information:

The security forces detained the journalist when he was coming back home after covering the Sunday protest. During detention, police seized journalist's phone saying that they will look for the evidence of illegal journalistic activity. He was brought to the local police station, where two administrative reports: for the participation in an unauthorized event and cooperation with the foreign media were drawn up on him. He was held in the pre-trial detention centre for three days awaiting the trail. On 28 October, the court returned protocols to the police and released journalist.