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29.11.2021
BAJ wins National Prize of Ukraine for Protection of Freedom of Speech
The Belarusian Association of Journalists has won the Ihor Lubchenko National Prize for the Protection of Freedom of Speech. This decision was made by the Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
26.11.2021
Belarusian Journalist Detained As Media Crackdown Continues
A journalist who has worked for RFE/RL as a freelancer has been detained in Minsk, his wife said, amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media by the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
22.11.2021
Belarusian Media Under Threat: What to do and What Support is Needed? Discussion. November 25, registration
Belarusian Media Under Threat: What to do and What Support is Needed?
18.11.2021
BelaPAN editor-in-chief Iryna Leushyna and ex-director Dzmitry Navazhylau charged with “creating an extremist formation”
BelaPAN was recognized as an “extremist formation” by the authorities on November 1.
12.11.2021
BelaPAN news agency recognized as extremist group
The decision to assign BelaPAN the status of “extremist formation” was made by the State Security Committee on November 1. The website of the agency or the state media never reported about it.
12.11.2021
Authorities invite Polish journalists to Belarus’ side of border to cover migrant crisis
The Belarusian information ministry said on Wednesday that Polish journalists were welcome to come to Belarus’ side of the shared border to cover a worsening migrant crisis.
10.11.2021
IPI: Government moves to stamp out remaining independent media
International community must not lose focus on severity of crackdown.
08.11.2021
Index Censorship published Andrei Aliaksandrau's letter from prison
The Index on Censorship published a letter from Andrey Aleksandrov from prison.
06.11.2021
Authorities extend detention of sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin by another month
5 November. Aliaksandr Ivulin, a journalist with the now-blacklisted sports news website by.tribuna.com and soccer player who is viewed as a political prisoner by Belarusian human rights groups, has had his pretrial detention extended by another month, the unregistered Viasna Human Rights Center said on Friday.