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Former National TV journalist sentenced to 4 years in prison
Dzmitry Luksha, a former Belarusian TV journalist and freelance correspondent for Kazakhstan’s Khabar 24 TV channel, was sentenced by Minsk City Court to 4 years in prison. His wife Palina Palavinka will spend 2.5 years behind bars.
December 08, 2022
Supreme Court rejects appeal of journalist Iryna Slaunikava in closed session
December 07, 2022
Belorusy i rynok newspaper suspends its publication after 32 years of printing
The publication is missing from the Belarusian post catalog for the first half of 2023. There will be no print or electronic PDF version of the newspaper during this period, the editorial office told @pozirkonline.
December 07, 2022
Ex-journalist Larysa Shchyrakova detained in Homel, her son taken to orphanage
December 07, 2022
Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich to receive Hope for Freedom Award
December 02, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Strong democracy cannot be built without independent media”
The leader of Belarusian democratic forces Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya issued a statement to be presented at the Free Journalism Forum in Vilnius (Lithuania), in which she addressed Belarusian journalists. In the video, she declared her commitment to critical comments and mentioned those behind bars.
December 01, 2022
BAJ, Viasna and ABF start collecting humanitarian aid for Ukraine in Vilnius
Everyone can join: bring the things and food from the list or make a donation.
December 01, 2022
Ten years of imprisonment: Supreme Court dismisses Aliaksandr Fiaduta’s appeal
November 30, 2022
Dzianis Ivashyn preventively registered as extremism-prone
Human rights activists found out that last spring Hrodna prison administration preventively
registered journalist Dzianis Ivashyn as “prone to extremism and other destructive actions.” It is
known that almost all political prisoners have such a status, which once again proves the political
motivation behind the criminal prosecution of Ivashyn.
November 30, 2022
August2020 Instagram page deemed extremist
November 24, 2022
Hrodna.life declared “extremist formation”
Belarusian authorities have updated the List of Organizations, Formations, and Individual Entrepreneurs Involved in Extremist Activities. Another media outlet, Hrodna.life, was added to it. The updated list is published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
November 24, 2022
Vitsebsk journalist fined $1,200
November 17, 2022
Italy: Open letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in support of Roberto Saviano
November 09, 2022
Norwegian journalists express solidarity with Yauhen Merkis
Last weekend Norwegian Association of Journalists in Bergen gathered its activists for the conference Hauststormen (Autumn Storm) to discuss working issues and plans for the future. Our fellow journalists are aware of repressions against Belarusian journalists and organize campaigns in their support.
November 09, 2022
Support for Politically Incarcerated Journalists Irina Levshina and Andrei Aleksandrov
October 31, 2022
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