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Belarusian media workers behind bars. Portraits
As campaigning for the 2020 elections began, the Belarusian authorities launched a war on journalists and independent media.
They were stripped of their press cards, beaten, shot with rubber bullets, arrested and detained for weeks, and charged with criminal offenses. Since then, journalists have been arrested on more than 500 occasions.
The Belarusian Association of Journalists monitors all cases of harassment of journalists and media workers. Below, you will find information on those imprisoned on criminal charges.
December 31, 2023
Political prisoner and blogger Pavel Vinahradau transferred to high-security prison
December 26, 2023
Aliaksei Batsiukou, vlogger and journalist from Mahiliou, reportedly detained
December 19, 2023
Human rights activists say journalist Henadz Mazheika has been released
December 19, 2023
Aksana Kolb resigns from her position as Novy Chas editor-in-chief
She made the announcement on her Facebook page. Aksana Kolb served as editor-in-chief of the Novy Chas newspaper for over eight years, succeeding the newspaper’s founder Aliaksei Karol. However, the publication has been under new leadership, headed by Siarhei Pulsha, for a while now. The transition has been completed.
December 13, 2023
Ranak newspaper editor and her colleague detained in criminal case
December 08, 2023
An isosceles triangle. A free journalism forum taking place in Vilnius
Today, on December 7, the Lithuanian Seimas traditionally hosts a free journalism forum. Our colleagues from the Baltic states and representatives of the Belarusian independent media gathered in Vilnius. As the chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists stressed, it is especially important now to remind about the isosceles triangle of Belarus — Belarusian independent journalism — Belarusian journalists behind bars and political prisoners in general.
December 08, 2023
Mahiliou journalist Barys Vyrvich searched and questioned but eventually released
December 08, 2023
Police search journalist Dzmitry Lupach’s home in Hlybokaje
December 08, 2023
Lithuanian parliament awards Hope for Freedom Prize to Yahor Martsinovich
December 08, 2023
KGB labels several Mahiliou media and sports news website as “extremist formations”
The Interior Ministry of Belarus website listed the following media among the extremist formations: the 6TV Belarus YouTube channel, information website Mahiliou Media, news publication Tribuna.com Belarus, and their social media and messaging accounts.
December 05, 2023
Aliaksandr Mantsevich transferred to Baranavichy remand prison
December 01, 2023
Former videographer Andrei Tolchyn charged with extremism
November 28, 2023
Baj.media: BAJ moves to new e‑mail and website, fearing theft of old domain name by authorities
November 27, 2023
Vlogger Uladzimir Tsyhanovich who serves 16-year jail term to stand another trial
November 24, 2023
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