Archive
26.02.2022
We stand in solidarity — joint statement in support of Ukraine
Human rights, media freedom and journalists’ organisations issued a statement in condemnation of invasion and attacks on the press in Ukraine and Russia.
24.02.2022
EFJ condemns the attack of Russia on Ukraine
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined today the European Federation and the World Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU and PSI) in condemning Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine. We support the call of Ukrainian trade unions, including the EFJ Ukrainian affiliates NUJU and IMTUU, to ask Russia to immediately stop the attack and to bring the Russian army back to Russia.
22.02.2022
BSU Journalism Department lecturer Hanna Kureichyk arrested for 15 days
The Minsk Tsentralny District Court heard the case of Hanna Kureichyk, associate professor at the TV and Radio Broadcasting Chair of the Belarusian State University Journalism Department.
21.02.2022
Journalist Larysa Shchyrakova's house search ends in her arrest
On February 18, security forces searched journalist Larysa Shchyrakova's house. This is Larysa's fourth search since February 2021.
21.02.2022
Political prisoner and journalist Darya Chultsova turns 25 in prison
“It’s Dasha’s birthday on the 20th, she will celebrate her twenty-fifth birthday. Such a beautiful date! Too bad it will be a day off. The day passed quickly at work and maybe it wasn’t so sad,” Dasha’s mother Natalya Tserabilenka told.
21.02.2022
Journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva transferred to jail for “investigative actions”
Belsat journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva (Bakhvalava) is no longer kept in the women’s correctional facility #4 in Homel.
16.02.2022
BAJ nominated for UNESCO prize
Forty-six UNESCO Member States, including all 27 EUMS, joined in nominating the Belarusian Association of Journalists for the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022!
07.02.2022
Ex-RFE/RL Photographer Gets 13 Days In Jail For 'Disobedience To Police'
A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been sentenced to 13 days in jail for "disobedience to police," a charge that he has rejected. Judge Tatsyana Palulekh of the Frunze district court in Minsk sentenced Uladz Hrydzin on February 7 after finding him guilty of refusing to follow police orders to let them inside his apartment to conduct a search last week.
07.02.2022
Former RFE/RL Photographer Detained In Minsk On Unknown Charges
A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been arrested and taken to pretrial detention in Minsk, his relatives say.
