Three journalists detained in Minsk on December 13

BAJ mem­ber, pho­tog­ra­ph­er Henadz Ver­atsin­s­ki was arrest­ed and tak­en to the Kas­trych­nit­s­ki dis­trict police depart­ment of Min­sk. Onlin­er man­ag­ing edi­tor Mikalai Hradz­iush­ka was arrest­ed near his home in Min­sk. Stas Ivashke­vich was tak­en to the Mask­ous­ki police depart­ment of Min­sk.

His col­leagues tried to hand over warm cloth­ing and oth­er things to him, but the police refused to take them. Ivashke­vich will spend the night in
Zhodz­i­na or Akrestsi­na jail. His lawyer will join the process on Mon­day.

Stas Ivashke­vich is an inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ist at Bel­sat. His mate­ri­als won prizes in the Free Word pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­ti­tion.