Ej.by editor-in-chief Syarhei Satsuk arrested, placed in a pre-trial detention centre
Journalist Syarhei Satsuk, editor-in-chief of the online business daily Ezhednevnik (ej.by), was arrested on Wednesday. In the wake of that, the website has become unavailable.
According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), the officers of the Investigative Committee searched Syarhei’s flat and arrested him as part of the old ‘bribe’ case. A bit later, the journalist was reported to have been taken into custody.
In March 2020, Satsuk was detained on suspicion of accepting bribes for his publications; the authorities also tried to charge his with fraud. As a result, however, Syarhei was released but his status of a suspect remained.
Syarhei Satsuk is the author of a number of journalistic investigations, including those about corruption in the Belarusian Ministry of Health. He repeatedly mentioned receiving death threats related to his professional activity.
