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08.06.2022
MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS E-NEWSLETTER No.1 (68) 2022 January – April 2022
MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS E-NEWSLETTER No.1 (68) 2022 January – April 2022 . Download PDF
08.06.2022
Belarus sentences several activists as crackdown over dissent continues
MINSK -- A court in Minsk has sentenced sociologist Tatsyana Vadalaskaya to a lengthy prison sentence while prosecutors in another case have recommended a harsh sentence for journalist Aksana Kolb on charges related to protests against the disputed results of a presidential election in August 2020 that handed authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka a sixth term in power.
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.