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13.08.2021
Judge slaps “extremist” label on tut.by, one more site linked to tut.by team
Minsk, 13 August. A judge of the Centraĺny District Court in Minsk on Friday applied an “extremist” label to tut.by, Belarus’ most popular independent news portal, and zerkalo.io, a website launched last month by some members of the tut.by team.
11.08.2021
Supreme Court postpones hearing on closure of Belarusian Association of Journalists
The Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice to liquidate BAJ to August 27 as BAJ had appealed against the Ministry's warning, the formal reason to ask for the shut down of BAJ.
10.08.2021
Belarusian PEN Center liquidated by Supreme Court
Minsk, 9 August. Judge Hanna Sakaloŭskaja of the Supreme Court of Belarus on Monday ordered the Belarusian PEN Center liquidated at the request of the justice ministry, according to the organization’s deputy chairperson, Tacciana Niadbaj.
09.08.2021
Figures of the year. Unprecedented repressions against journalists since August 2020
BAJ presents data on an unprecedented wave of repression against the media in Belarus.
06.08.2021
Novy Čas photojournalist Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ sentenced to 15 days in jail
Minsk, 5 August. Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ, a photojournalist with the newspaper Novy Čas, was sentenced to 15 days in jail on Thursday on a charge of disobeying police orders, reported the publication.
03.08.2021
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.
30.07.2021
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.
29.07.2021
Detained Naša Niva journalist Andrej Skurko diagnosed with pneumonia
Andrej Skurko, head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, has been diagnosed with pneumonia.
28.07.2021
Detained Naša Niva employee Andrej Skurko is thought to have COVID-19
Minsk, 27 July. Andrej Skurko, head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, has been admitted to the medical unit of Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Minsk with “structural changes to the lungs” and suspected COVID-19.
28.07.2021
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.