It has been writing about the 2020 Belarusian protests and 2020 Belarusian presidential election, so many journalists of "Belsat" have been tried and arrested for that. In 2020 Belsat journalists were detained 162 times, while their things were taken away very often. 26 journalists were arrested, out of which six journalists were arrested two times, and one journalist was arrested three times, giving 34 arrests. They had been sentenced to a number of 392 days in prison. Seven of arrested journalists were beaten by the police. Seven journalist following detention were taken to hospitals. During the crackdown on the protests of August 9–12, "Belsat's" journalists were putting their lives on the line, and two of them were injured. "Belsat's" journalists got fines in $26 353,44 for their work in Belarus in 2020.