Alena Yanushkouskaya

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences
• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Vitebsk

Additional information:

Blogger Alena Yanushkouskaya was streaming from pickets for collecting signatures for presidential candidates. She was detained by the police and taken to the police station, where a report on violation of the law on mass events (Article 23.34 of the Administrative Code of the Republic of Belarus) was drawn up on her. Yanushkouskaya was placed in a temporary detention center for three days until the trial. After considering the case, the court found her guilty and issued a fine.