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06.02.2023

Andrei Bastunets lodges individual complaint to UN HRC over BAJ’s forced liquidation

The individual communication is filed under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

06.02.2023

RFE/RL Belarus director resigns after 25 years

Aliaksandr Lukashuk, RFE/RL Belarus director, is leaving the agency, Radio Liberty reports.

06.02.2023

Journalist Pavel Padabed taken into custody after 15 days of administrative detention

February 4 was to mark the release date of cameraman Pavel Padabed from 15-day administrative detention. However, the Belarusian Association of Journalists found out that he was transferred to Minsk pre-trial detention center and a criminal case was brought against him instead.

06.02.2023

Freedom of media and sustainable development — Belarus

The achievement of sustainable development goals in Belarus is undoubtedly impossible without independent media and journalists allowing the general public access to information of public interest. However, the state of media freedom and the right of access to information in Belarus is deteriorating year by year. The 2020 presidential election period has been a critical milestone that launched a large-scale policy process against independent media, accompanied by official attempts to control all information dissemination, as well as suppress dissent.

02.02.2023

Viktar Malisheuski appointed new KYKY.org editor-in-chief

In an unusual utopian column, KYKY.org media announced that Viktar Malisheuski, a well-known Belarusian journalist, became the new editor-in-chief of the publication.

02.02.2023

Final charges laid against media manager Kanstantsin Zalatykh

The Belarusian Association of Journalists was informed that on 31 January, the final indictment was brought against Kanstantsin Zalatykh, director of the Belorusy i Rynok newspaper. He has been in custody for eight months now. As lawyers of political prisoners are bound by strict conditions on non-disclosure pledges, they refrain from any comments.