Criminal cases initiated against ABW.BY journalists

Their “pen­i­ten­tial” videos appeared on pro-gov­ern­ment Telegram chan­nels.

In the video, Mudreuskaya says she took part in protests in August and Sep­tem­ber 2020, how­ev­er, the crim­i­nal arti­cle for the charges is not spec­i­fied.

In his video, spe­cial projects edi­tor Yury Glad­chuk admit­ted tak­ing part in unsanc­tioned ral­lies and fol­low­ing extrem­ist Telegram chan­nels. A crim­i­nal case was brought against him under Arti­cle 342 of the Crim­i­nal Code («Orga­ni­za­tion and prepa­ra­tion of actions that gross­ly vio­late pub­lic order, or active par­tic­i­pa­tion in them»).

Three staff mem­bers of the auto­mo­bile por­tal ABW.by were detained on 16 June. Besides Mudreuskaya and Glad­chuk, edi­tor Vadz­im Zenke­vich was arrest­ed.