Alieh Hruzdzilovič, Alieś Daščynski of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said to have been put in custody for 10 days as suspects

The Min­sk city office of the Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee is known to be in charge of the case.

Messrs. Hruzdzilovič and Alieś Daščyn­s­ki, vet­er­an jour­nal­ists with the Belaru­sian Ser­vice of RFE/RL, and for­mer RFE/RL reporter Ina Studzin­ska­ja were arrest­ed on July 16, as a result of search­es of media out­lets’ offices and the homes of more than 20 jour­nal­ists in Min­sk and oth­er cities.

It is still unclear what they are accused of. Their lawyers have not yet been grant­ed access to them.