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04.06.2021
OSCE PA human rights leaders raise alarms over new legislation on mass events and media in Belarus
04.06.2021
Sports journalists Ivulin, Pisarenka arrested in Minsk
Minsk, 3 June. Sports journalists Aliaksandr Ivulin and Jaraslaŭ Pisarenka were arrested in Minsk on Thursday, according to media reports.
03.06.2021
Popular TV personality Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife questioned by financial police
Minsk, 3 June. Popular TV host, actor and singer Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife, Kaciaryna Rajeckaja, were questioned by officers of the State Control Committee’s Department for Financial Investigations on Wednesday.
03.06.2021
Medicines not given to jailed Polish activist Andrzej Poczobut after alleged refusal to leave country
Andrzej Poczobut, a political prisoner and member of the Union of Poles in Belarus, is reportedly being deprived of necessary medicines behind bars.
02.06.2021
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges immediate and unconditional release of all detained journalists in Belarus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, urged today the public authorities in Belarus to free all journalists and other media workers who have been sentenced, arrested or detained in the country. Most of these journalists were apprehended for their reporting on public events and other political developments in the country, reports OSCE.
02.06.2021
Tribuna journo Dzmitry Ruto, Hrodna.life editor Iryna Novik detained
On Tuesday morning, Belsat got information about more cases of apprehending Belarusian media workers.
31.05.2021
Narodnaya Volya journalist jailed for 30 days
On May 28 police detained Hlafira Zhuk, a journalist from Minsk. Next evening, she was found in the Maskouski district police department, charged with violation of an Administrative Code. Later the journalist was transferred to Akrestsina detention center. On May 31 Maskouski district court of Minsk sentenced Ms Zhuk to 30 days of jail.
31.05.2021
Hrodna.life editor released before trial
Alyaksei Shota had his laptop, phone, three old hard drives, and a WRW umbrella taken away.
31.05.2021
Journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich released from jail
TUT.BY journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich was released on Saturday, 29 May. According to her colleagues, the girl spent 15 days in the remand prison on Akrestsin Street but still was in a good mood.
27.05.2021
Charges pressed against Sophia Sapega who had been detained with Pratasevich
Sofia Sapega has been charged under Article 130 part 3 of the Criminal Code - "incitement of racial, ethnic, religious or other social hatred or discord." She is facing up to 12 years in prison.