Journalists detained while greeting colleagues released from Akrestsina detention center. They were arrested and fined

The detained jour­nal­ists were tak­en to Mask­ous­ki police depart­ment.

Dzia­n­is Han­charen­ka and Ales Lubianchuk will be tried on Sep­tem­ber 25.

Each of them is charged under arti­cles 23.4 and 22.9 of the Admin­is­tra­tive Code (work­ing for for­eign media with­out accred­i­ta­tion and dis­obe­di­ence to police). They face short jail terms. The cas­es will be heard by Mask­ous­ki dis­trict court of Min­sk.

Both jour­nal­ists — Han­charen­ka and Lyubyanchuk — were arrest­ed for 12 days and fined 30 basic units for work­ing with­out accred­i­ta­tion.

Also Pavel Pat­a­pau, a cam­era­man and a mem­ber of the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, was detained in Min­sk. He filmed the  street protest.

Pavel Pota­pau was arrest­ed for 15 days by the Zavod­s­ki dis­trict court.

On Sep­tem­ber 24, jour­nal­ists Uladz Hry­dzin and Alexan­der Vasukovich were released after 11 days of jail.  They plan to con­sult with lawyers about appeal­ing against the sen­tences that they con­sid­er unfair.

In Homel, jour­nal­ist Mary­na Drabysheuskaya was released after 10 days of arrest.

Hry­dzin, Vasukovich, and Drabysheuskaya were jailed for alleged par­tic­i­pa­tion in the protests, although they were cov­er­ing the events.

Now, 7 jour­nal­ists remain in cus­tody: Zmitser Salauy­ou, Yahor Martsi­novich, Andrei Yakimush, Mikalai Mam­inau (his where­abouts are unknown since Sep­tem­ber 20), Mak­sim Nest­serkau, Yauhen Merkis, and Siarhei Shchurko.Former head of the pres­i­den­tial pool Dzmit­ry Siom­chanka is also serv­ing a short jail term.