RIA Novosti Reporter Arrested While Covering Protest In Minsk

MINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th November, 2020) A RIA Novosti correspondent said Sunday she had been arrested while covering a protest in the Belarusian capital and taken to the main police office.

Dozens of anti-government protesters were seen taken away in police vans after trying to assemble in a yard near a central metro station in Minsk, dubbed "Square of Change."

The reporter, who was accredited by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to work in the country, sent a message to the RIA Novosti news agency saying she was being held in custody together with two reporters from other Russian news agencies.