Zmitser Mitskevich

Affiliated media: Belsat TV channel , Freelance journalist

Incident date: July 31, 2020

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BAJ - Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Maladzyechna

Additional information:

The police detained the camera crew during a live broadcast from the election rally of the presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Their video camera was damaged. They were taken to the police department, where the administrative protocol was drawn up on them for cooperation with a foreign media without accreditation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Their smartphones and professional equipment were confiscated. The journalists were held at the police station for more than three hours.