{"id":3435,"date":"2020-12-22T18:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=142388"},"modified":"2020-12-22T18:25:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:25:13","slug":"belarusian-press-clubs-chief-detained-offices-and-homes-searched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/22\/belarusian-press-clubs-chief-detained-offices-and-homes-searched\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Press Club’s Chief Detained; Offices And Homes Searched"},"content":{"rendered":"
MINSK — The head of the Belarusian Press Club, Yulia Slutskaya, has been detained by police<\/a><\/strong> in Minsk. Authorities have also searched the offices of the independent journalistic organization and the homes of some of its members.<\/p>\n Slutskaya’s relatives said on December 22 that she was detained when she arrived back in Belarus after a holiday abroad where she had spent time with her daughter and grandchildren. The relatives said they do not know Slutskaya’s current whereabouts.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the program director of the Belarusian Press Club, Ala Sharko, informed the Belarusian Journalists’ Association that police stormed into her apartment on December 22.<\/p>\n Sharko’s lawyer, Syarhey Zikratski, says police forced him out when he arrived at the apartment during the search operation.<\/p>\n