Committee to Protect Journalists
Belarus · CPJ
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryBelarus
Age / Sexfemale
OccupationJournalist
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryJournalism
StatusDetained
Sentence—
Case Summary
Maryna Zolatava is a journalist with Tut.by in Belarus. Imprisoned as of May 18, 2021; charges: Retaliatory.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Organization: Tut.by
- 02Role: Journalist
- 03Event start: May 18, 2021
- 04[CPJ] https://cpj.org/data/people/maryna-zolatava/
Native-Language SummaryBE • Original
Maryna Zolatava is a journalist with Tut.by in Belarus. Imprisoned as of May 18, 2021; charges: Retaliatory.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Retaliatory
03Analysis
AI Assessment
LOWTorture / ill-treatment riskLOW
ANALYSIS:Estimated from torture and ill-treatment indicators in available reporting. An absence of indicators is not confirmation of safe conditions — detention conditions in Belarus are systematically under-reported.
ModelXGB-Text
Accuracy94.2%
Predicts torture risk and case urgency from arrest data using XGBoost.
Predicting Vector
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
May 18, 2021
05Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Maryna Zolatava (PPW case cmp4en5c). Retrieved May 22, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp4en5cx00bhca536r0z82ih. Original data from Committee to Protect Journalists (https://cpj.org/data/people/maryna-zolatava/).
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