Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Belarussian journalist requires hospital treatment after arrest

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Zmitser Lupach, a freelance journalist from Hlybokaye, was fined and sentenced to 10-day jail term for violating government-imposed lockdown measures. He was arrested by four police officers on May 8 for working during the state of emergency without a press pass. He was held for days in a windowless cell and required hospital treatment after being released.

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