Homiel: Freelance Journalist Kastus Zhukouski Received another Police Report on Administrative Offense for His Professional Work

This time, a chief lieu­tenant Ali­ak­san­dr Antonien­ka from Buda-Kashalio­va Dis­trict Police Depart­ment has accused the free­lance reporter for the alleged vio­la­tion of part 2, arti­cle 22.9 of Belarus Code on Admin­is­tra­tive Offens­es.

The journalist’s footage about a poor eco­log­i­cal sit­u­a­tion with severe air pol­lu­tion at a local pig breed­ing com­plex was used in a report, pre­pared by the Bel­sat TV chan­nel.

By now, the total sum of fines, imposed by courts on the free­lance reporter for his pro­fes­sion­al work has amount­ed to 5060 Belaru­sian rubles (around EUR 2300) since the begin­ning of the year.