Journalist Mikhail Karnevich detained in Hrodna


Human rights activists of “Viasna” reported on 22 January that the journalist Mikhail Karnevich had been detained in Hrodna.

It is not yet known on what grounds Mikhail Karnevich was detained. Karnevich is a member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). The Narodnaya Volya newspaper does not know his whereabouts. Still, it reports that he received an editorial assignment to prepare a story about the migrant camp on the Belarusian-Polish border a few days ago.

According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, there are currently 33 media workers behind bars in Belarus.

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