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07.06.2022
Four belarusian journalists go on trial as Lukashenka's crackdown continues
MINSK -- Four journalists from the banned BelaPAN news agency have gone on trial in Minsk as the Belarusian government continues to crack down on independent media following mass protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in August 2020 that handed victory to authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
01.06.2022
Journalists are not criminals! Five media representatives’ trials about to start in Belarus STATEMENT
The Belarusian Association of Journalists demands an end to the crackdown on its members.
01.06.2022
Orwell would be surprised: why journalists are jailed in Belarus. Online briefing
Journalists are not criminals! Five media representatives’ trials about to start in Belarus STATEMENT
30.05.2022
Jailed belarusian RFE/RL journalist transferred to penal colony
MINSK -- RFE/RL correspondent Aleh Hruzdzilovich, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Belarusian authorities for allegedly participating in demonstrations that he says he was covering as a journalist, has been transferred to a penal colony in the country’s east.
27.05.2022
Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June
Six Belarusian media workers have their court hearings scheduled for June. Andrei Aliaksandrau, Dzmitry Navazhylau, Iryna Leushyna, Aksana Kolb, Andrei Kuznechyk, Iryna Slaunikava, and Katsiaryna Andrejeva face from 3 to 15 years in prison. Below is a list of charges and hearings dates.
27.05.2022
Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown
On May 26, in the village of Kryvichy (Iuje District), police detained journalist Ales Liubianchuk.
26.05.2022
Belarus: the free press continues despite attacks
The chair of the Belarusian Association of Journalists says reporting is harder than ever because of government crackdowns and war in neighbouring Ukraine.
24.05.2022
Weekly Bulletin #1. MEDIA INSIGHTS — War on Ukraine (4-9 May 2022)
The Slovakia-based media-monitoring organization MEMO 98 has launched monitoring of Russian Federation state TV channels First Channel, Russia 1, Russia 24, NTV, online sources Smotrim.ru, gazeta.ru, news agencies Ria Novosti, Interfax, RBC, newspapers Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Argumenty i Fakty and independent international media to evaluate how those news outlets are covering the war in Ukraine and anti-war/peace protests. What does state media propaganda tell Russians about these topics, and how does it compare to the portrayal by independent media outside the country?
20.05.2022
Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
21 May is the Day of the Political Prisoner in Belarus.
18.05.2022
Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper "Belorusy i Rynok"
On 18 May, KGB officers detained Kanstantsin Zalatykh, director of the Belorusy i Rynok newspaper, Yulia Kakhno, a bookkeeper of the newspaper, and Andrei Aleksandrovich, Belorusy i Rynok editor-in-chief.