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CASE #460
Date
23 / 04 / 2021
City
Minsk
Perpetrators
  • Militsiya of the Republic of Belarus (regular police of Belarus)
  • Undefined
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary or unlawful arrest and/or detention
International classification of violations
  • Right to freedom of movement
  • Right to freedom of the press
  • Right to liberty and security of person
Description

Time: evening

Place/Location: Baltiyskaya Street

Identity of the victim(s): BelaPAN journalist Tatsiana Bublikova

Identity of the perpetrator(s): undefined

The video captured BelaPAN journalist Tatsiana Bublikova detained by police officers, reportedly after interviewing political prisoner Maria Safonova. Tatsiana was forced to an unmarked minibus without violence, although the police officers (one of them was with a dog) surrounded the journalist and she had no choice but to get in.

The video clearly shows Tatsiana telling the police: 'I'm afraid of you'. Some of the officers on the video were wearing  militia's uniforms, some of them were wearing plain clothes.

Tatsiana was released at 23:00 that day.

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