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Novy Čas photojournalist Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ sentenced to 15 days in jail
August 06, 2021
Journalist Siarhiej Hardzijevič given 18-month prison sentence
Minsk, 2 August. Siarhiej Hardzijevič, a reporter with the website Pieršy Rehijon that covers local news in the Brest region, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in a minimum-security correctional institution for allegedly insulting and defaming Aliaksandr Lukašenka, as well as insulting two police officers in a Telegram chat, reported Pieršy Rehijon.
August 03, 2021
BAJ received letter from Supreme Court with date of preliminary hearing on liquidation of BAJ
On July 30, BAJ received a letter from the Supreme Court with the date of the preliminary hearing on the liquidation of BAJ.
July 30, 2021
Detained Naša Niva journalist Andrej Skurko diagnosed with pneumonia
July 29, 2021
Detained Naša Niva employee Andrej Skurko is thought to have COVID-19
July 28, 2021
Website run by Belsat TV, its Telegram channel and sites on social media services declared extremist
Minsk, 27 July. The news website run by Belsat TV, its Telegram channel and its sites on Facebook, VKontakte and Instagram have been declared extremist in Belarus.
July 28, 2021
Authorities liquidating dozens of NGOs
July 23, 2021
BAJ set to appeal justice ministry’s warning used as reason for its possible closure
July 23, 2021
Andrej Dyńko of Naša Niva released on pledge to report when ordered
July 21, 2021
Justice ministry seeking closure of Belarusian Association of Journalists
July 21, 2021
Alieh Hruzdzilovič, Alieś Daščynski of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said to have been put in custody for 10 days as suspects
July 20, 2021
Detained journalists of Belsat TV and RFE/RL, Tatsiana Kuzina and Valeryia Kastsiuhova are new political prisoners
July 20, 2021
Naša Niva workers said to be in detention on suspicion of causing “damage without theft”
July 20, 2021
Sixty-three searches conducted at journalists’ homes, newsrooms in less than two weeks
Minsk, 19 July. Sixty-three searches were conducted by law enforcement officers at journalists’ homes and newsrooms in the past 10 days, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported on Sunday.
July 19, 2021
Journalists targeted in raids on Friday, arrests reported
Multiple journalists and prominent news organizations were targeted in raids on Friday as the government’s crackdown on the independent media showed no signs of abating.
July 16, 2021
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