Hanna Liubakova

The award cer­e­mo­ny took place at the annu­al Media Free­dom con­fer­ence orga­nized by the inter­na­tion­al cor­po­ra­tion Transat­lantic Lead­er­ship Net­work in Wash­ing­ton. The jour­nal­ist announced it on her Face­book page.

On 25 Octo­ber, the Belaru­sian Min­istry of Inter­nal Affairs web­site updat­ed its list of “per­sons involved in extrem­ist activ­i­ties.” The list was expand­ed to include the names of 20 defen­dants in the “Svi­at­lana Tsikhanouskaya’s Ana­lysts” crim­i­nal case who were con­vict­ed in a spe­cial pro­ceed­ings tri­al. They include jour­nal­ists from the Belaru­sian inde­pen­dent media, Yury Drakakhrust […]

The Min­sk Region­al Court con­sid­ered the cas­es of 20 indi­vid­u­als, des­ig­nat­ed as an extrem­ist for­ma­tion known as “Svi­at­lana Tsikhanouskaya’s Ana­lysts.” The crim­i­nal case involves inde­pen­dent media jour­nal­ists Yury Drakakhrust and Han­na Liubako­va.