Zoya Khrutskaya

Affiliated media: Rehiyanalnaya Hazeta, Journalist

Incident date: June 20, 2021

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Maladzyechna

Additional information:

Maladzyechna police detained the journalists of the Rehiyanalnaya Hazeta Zoya Khrutskaya and Anastasia Utkina in the city park. They were covering the action of laying flowers to the memorial stone «Martyrs for Freedom and Independence of Belarus». The law enforcers took them to the police station, detained them for about two hours, and released them without a report.