Tut.by journalist Borisevich was registered in a Belarusian prison as prone to extremism

In Belarus, Tut.by journalist Katerina Borisevich, who was convicted of “disclosing a medical secret” in a publication about the death of Roman Bondarenko, was registered as prone to extremism. this The publication itself reports .

As Tut.by emphasizes, the journalist “has never been held administratively liable, has not been convicted” before, and at work “is characterized positively, she has been repeatedly noted for journalistic materials, including by law enforcement agencies.”

In March, the court sentenced Borisevich and the anesthesiologist of the emergency hospital Artem Sorokin - Sorokin was found guilty of disclosing a medical secret, which entailed grave consequences (part 3 of article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus), the journalist was convicted as his accomplice. Borisevich was sentenced to six months in prison, the doctor to two years in prison with a one-year suspension of execution.

The reason for the case of disclosing a medical secret was the publication of Borisevich, in which, according to Sorokin, supported by a medical document, she reported that during the fight on the "Square of Changes" the deceased Minsk resident Roman Bondarenko was not drunk, and ethanol was not found in his blood. “Blood ethanol 0 ppm,” the medical report said. The Investigative Committee of Belarus claimed that Bondarenko was drunk at the time of the conflict.

31-year-old Roman Bondarenko died on November 12 in Minsk, the day after he was beaten by masked men on the Square of Changes. Bondarenka was brought to the neurosurgery department of the Minsk ambulance hospital from the Tsentralny district police department. The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that "caring citizens" took part in the conflict with the man, and the police arrived at the scene of the fight later. After the news of Bondarenko's death, the people of Belarus honored his memory - thousands of people came to the "Square of Changes".

The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus opened a criminal case on the fact of Bondarenko's death only on February 18. The security forces assured that the involvement of employees of the internal affairs bodies in inflicting bodily harm to Bondarenko was not established.