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CPJ: The Ivulin case shows that the authorities will use any pretext to punish members of the press
January 19, 2022
Sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin sentenced to 2 years in prison
January 19, 2022
Police raid journos’ places, editorial office in Mahiliou region
January 14, 2022
Index Censorship, ARTICLE 19: Access the toolkit to join the Andrei and Irina campaign
Journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau and his partner campaigner Irina Zlobina have been behind bars since 12 January 2021, when they were detained and imprisoned for claiming their right to freedom of expression.
On the anniversary of their detention, on 12 January 2022, ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship launched a campaign in solidarity and calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
January 12, 2022
Sports journo Alyaksandr Ivulin to stand trial in mid January
The case of Alyaksandr Ivulin, a journalist at the sports media outlet Tribuna and a football player of Krumkachy team, is starting to be heard on January 17 in Savetski district court of Minsk, tribuna.com reports. The defendant has been behind bars for about seven months.
January 06, 2022
Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich criminally charged
December 29, 2021
RFE/RL Correspondent Seized By Masked Men In Minsk
MINSK -- Aleh Hruzdzilovich, a correspondent of RFE/RL's Belarus Service, has been seized and held by masked men who broke into his home in Minsk, a human rights organization reports in the latest crackdown on independent media in the authoritarian Eastern European state.
December 23, 2021
Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges
MINSK -- A jailed freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, is facing unspecified criminal charges, his relatives told RFE/RL on December 23.
December 23, 2021
Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service As ‘Extremist’
elarus's Interior Ministry has added RFE/RL's Belarus Service, known locally as Radio Svaboda, to its registry of extremist organizations, in a continued clampdown on independent media and civil society sparked by an eruption of protests against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka's claim he won a presidential election last year that the opposition says was rigged.
December 23, 2021
Journalist Andrei Kuznechyk still detained, his whereabouts unknown
Radio Svaboda freelancer Andrei Kuznechyk was to be released from a temporary detention center on December 15. His second 10-day arrest ended that day.
December 23, 2021
Lecturer detained at work at BSU journalism department
December 17, 2021
EBU calls for all journalists imprisoned in Belarus to be released
December 15, 2021
Ezhednevnik editor Siarhei Satsuk detained and taken into custody
December 08, 2021
Belarusian Journalist’s Family Says He’s Still Waiting For His Release From Jail
December 06, 2021
Winter in Belarus starts with massive searches
December 01, 2021
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