Euroradio reporters released from police station

Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau seconds after their release from a police station in Minsk / Euroradio
Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau seconds after their release from a police station in Minsk / Euroradio

Euroradio journalists Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau were released around 23:00 from Minsk's Central District Police Department. 

Radio Svaboda journalists Ales Piletski and Andrei Rabchyk were also released. 

Euroradio reported earlier that Mikhail Ilyin and Artsiom Mayorau today were detained when covering a protest action in central Minsk. They were streaming live when plainclothes police officers grabbed them and pushed into a police van. 

Follow Belarus news via Euroradio's Telegram.

Daily videos and live chats with experts on the Belarus developments on YouTube. Subscribe here.