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A screenshot from the livestream Sergey Petrukhin filmed as police questioned and then detained the blogger outside his apartment building.

In Belarus, critical blogger Sergey Petrukhin faces new charges

July 31, 2018 4:41 PM EDT

New York, July 31, 2018–Belarusian authorities should end their harassment of independent blogger Sergey Petrukhin and allow him to work without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A court today charged Petrukhin with disobedience of an official order, according to the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists.