Journalists Detained in BelTA Case

Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee launched a crim­i­nal case for unau­tho­rized access to com­put­er infor­ma­tion under Arti­cle 349 Part 2 of the Crim­i­nal Code «Unau­tho­rized access to com­put­er infor­ma­tion».

The basis for ini­ti­at­ing a crim­i­nal case was a report by BelTA uni­tary enter­prise about glitch­es when access­ing a paid sub­scrip­tion to the ser­vices pro­vid­ed by BelTA to one of its cus­tomers.

Maryna Zolatava

Edi­tor in chief of the Tut.by por­tal.  Accord­ing to the Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee, she is detained on sus­pi­cion of vio­lat­ing Arti­cle 349 Part 2 of the Crim­i­nal Code «Unau­tho­rized access to com­put­er infor­ma­tion».

Hanna Kaltyhina

Copy edi­tor of Tut.by. Detained on sus­pi­cion of vio­lat­ing Arti­cle 349 Part 2 of the Crim­i­nal Code «Unau­tho­rized access to com­put­er infor­ma­tion».

Hanna Yermachonak

Edi­tor of Sci­ence Pop sec­tion at Tut.by. Arrest­ed, but her sta­tus is unknown.

Ulyana Babayed

Head of «Soci­ety» sec­tion at Tut.by. Accord­ing to her hus­band, she has been arrest­ed, the police searched her home and seized all the com­put­er equip­ment.

Halina Ulasik

Edi­tor of Tut.by. Her daugh­ter was informed by the Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee that Hali­na had been detained under arti­cle 349 of the Crim­i­nal Code for three days.

Tatsiana Karavenkova

Bela­PAN reporter, inter­na­tion­al issues. Detained on sus­pi­cion of vio­lat­ing Arti­cle 349 Part 2 of the Crim­i­nal Code «Unau­tho­rized access to com­put­er infor­ma­tion».

Dzmitry Bobryk

Edi­tor of Finances sec­tion at Tut.by. Arrest­ed, but his sta­tus is unknown.