Yauhen Nikalayevich

At the begin­ning of Octo­ber this year, the court of Pin­sk and Pin­sk dis­trict found Media-Polesye video­g­ra­ph­er Yauhen Nikalayevich guilty of par­tic­i­pa­tion in mass riots. The edi­to­r­i­al board learned that Judge Yauhe­nia Mel­nik sen­tenced the jour­nal­ist to one year and six months of impris­on­ment.

Yauhen Nikalayevich’s tri­al is set for Sep­tem­ber 26. Back in 2020, he worked for the region­al pub­li­ca­tion Media-Polesye and cov­ered the protests that broke out in Pin­sk after the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion. The jour­nal­ist was then severe­ly beat­en dur­ing an arrest.