November 1: Journalists Detained, Some Beaten

Three jour­nal­ists of Novy Chas news­pa­per were detained.

Pho­tog­ra­ph­er Dzmit­ry Dzmit­ryeu was severe­ly beat­en dur­ing deten­tion. He man­aged to call his wife and tell her that the Inte­ri­or Min­istry spokes­woman Vol­ha Chamadana­va said they would deal with him under gen­er­al con­di­tions, despite the fact that he was a jour­nal­ist.

Dzmit­ry Dzmit­ryeu is an inhouse reporter of Novy Chas. He had a press badge and all press cer­tifi­cates with him. Dzmit­ry was charged under two pro­to­cols — 23.34 (par­tic­i­pa­tion in an unsanc­tioned event) and 23.4 (dis­obe­di­ence to law­ful demands of an offi­cial).

Free­lance jour­nal­ists of Novy Chas Alexan­der Ziankovich and Yana Trusi­la  were detained and tak­en to Kas­trych­nit­s­ki dis­trict police depart­ment of Min­sk.

The police also detained cam­era­man Zmitser Soltan. The police beat him and took his cam­era and phone. Soltan was tak­en to Kas­trych­nit­s­ki dis­trict police depart­ment.

In the evening, an under­age activist released from the same police depart­ment, said: Bel­sat cam­era­man Zmitser Soltan was beat­en dur­ing deten­tion, beat­en in the police bus, and then beat­en with his cam­era on the head. The cam­era is smashed.» When Zmitser is released, he will tell us his sto­ry in details.

Also in the evening, BAJ learned about anoth­er free­lancer work­ing for Bel­sat cam­era­man Zmitser Krauchuk, who was also detained and kept in Kas­trych­nit­s­ki dis­trict police depart­ment. His fam­i­ly does not know any­thing about the cir­cum­stances of his deten­tion.

Most prob­a­bly, Dzmit­ry Dzmit­ryeu, Alexan­der Ziankovich, Yana Trusi­la, Zmitser Soltan and Zmitser Krauchuk will remain in cus­tody until tri­als.

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Also, at the begin­ning of the march, the police detained TASS jour­nal­ist Yuri Shamshur. He was released after a doc­u­ment check.

Jour­nal­ist Ale­na Liashke­vich, Novy Chas, was detained, too. Again, she was released after they checked her doc­u­ments.