Journalists Detained for ID Check When Interviewing Ex-candidate for Presidency
On October 20, BAJ members Aliaksandr Liubianchuk and Maria Artsybashava were detained in Minsk when taking an interview from the ex-candiadate for presidency Uladzimir Niakliayew.
According to Aliaksandr, they were making the video interview outdoors when a policeman passer-by decided to request for their IDs. Then the journalists and the interviewee were taken to the Soviet district police. Their identities were verified through the computer data base; the policemen also wanted to view the recorded materials.
The journalists and the interviewee were set free an hour later, without making any procedural documents.