Journalists detained and beaten intentionally Stop the violence! LIST

A riot police offi­cer strikes a jour­nal­ist. Min­sk, 11 August. Video of the inci­dent https://t.me/onlinerby/14028

Updat­ed at 11:00 a.m.

Jour­nal­ists detained on August 11 in Min­sk and not released: Pavel Pat­a­pau, Ivan Murauy­ou, and Mak­sim Berazin­s­ki.

The jour­nal­ists who were snatched ear­li­er and remain in deten­tion: Yahor Martsi­novich, Tat­siana Belasho­va, Vitaly Dubik, Ale­na Shcharbin­skaya, Alexan­der Pashke­vich, Ali­ak­sei Khu­danau, Miki­ta Tselizhen­ka, Witold Dobrowol­s­ki (Poland), and film direc­tor Mak­sim Shved.

The Inte­ri­or Min­istry does not pro­vide infor­ma­tion about their loca­tion or what they are charged with.

On August 11, the secu­ri­ty forces con­scious­ly used vio­lence against these jour­nal­ists, delib­er­ate­ly dam­aged their equip­ment, and seized flash cards with footage. Such attacks were expe­ri­enced by jour­nal­ists Siarhei Hryts, Vadz­im Zamirous­ki, Nadzeya Buzhan, Uladzis­lau Baryso­vich, Ышфкруш Ptushko, Daria Burak­i­na, Usieval­ad Zaru­bin, and three BBC jour­nal­ists.

The fol­low­ing jour­nal­ists were detained and are await­ing tri­al in Belarus regions: Rus­lan Kule­vich (Hrod­na), Alexan­der Dzian­isau (Hrod­no), Yauhen Val­adashchuk (Slonim), Stanis­lau Kor­shu­nau (Brest), Yauhen Nikalayevich (Pin­sk), Ali­na Skrabuno­va (Mahil­iou), Alexan­der Sidareus­ki (Mahil­iou), Dzmit­ry Salauy­ou (Mahil­iou), Dzmit­ry Kaza­ke­vich (Viteb­sk), Ihar Matveyeu (Viteb­sk), Yauhen Yushk­ous­ki (Babruisk), Ales Chy­hir (Babruisk), and Yauhen Hla­holeu-Vaskovich (Babruisk).

The list is updat­ed. Live updates here and at BAJ telegram chan­nel.

Jour­nal­ists do not par­tic­i­pate in protests. Accord­ing to the law on mass media, the Con­sti­tu­tion and inter­na­tion­al law, they have the right to cov­er protests.

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists calls on the author­i­ties to imme­di­ate­ly stop attacks and deten­tions of media rep­re­sen­ta­tives, and to release and drop charges against the jour­nal­ists in deten­tion.

Repressions against journalists in Belarus, 2020 (chart)