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    Belarusian woman asks for help with treatment of 12-year-old daughter

    My daugh­ter Masha and I fled Belarus on Sep­tem­ber 11, 2020, when she was only 7 years old. Her new life began in Ukraine. There were friends, school, lan­guage, habits — she became attached to this coun­try with all her heart. When a full-scale war began in 2022, we stayed, we did not leave. On the […]

    The time for release is now

    We, the under­signed, are con­cerned that, amid the cur­rent glob­al sit­u­a­tion, the plight of polit­i­cal pris­on­ers in Belarus may slip out of the pub­lic eye. Mean­while, the cat­a­stroph­ic sit­u­a­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 1,200 polit­i­cal pris­on­ers requires imme­di­ate inter­ven­tion. 
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    Roskomnadzor tries to block Novy Chas website, outlet responds with new mirror

    At the end of April, a mir­ror site of the inde­pen­dent Belaru­sian news out­let Novy Chas, which had bypassed cen­sor­ship in Belarus for a year, became inac­ces­si­ble from Belarus and Rus­sia. On May 1, Ama­zon, which hosts the mir­ror, noti­fied the out­let of a com­plaint from Roskom­nad­zor — Rus­si­a’s media and com­mu­ni­ca­tions watch­dog — claim­ing […]

    Belarus opens criminal cases against more than 60 journalists in exile

    Doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er Maryia Bulavinskaya’s love of his­to­ry led her to buy a tra­di­tion­al wood home in the Belaru­sian vil­lage of Rogi-Ilet­sky in 2019. Her plans to ren­o­vate and even­tu­al­ly live in the house were put on hold in 2020 when she fled the coun­try out of fear of being detained for her cov­er­age of anti-gov­ern­ment protests. Now, she […]

    Monitoring pro-Russian propaganda in Belarusian state-owned television media

    The pri­ma­ry objec­tive of the mon­i­tor­ing is to ascer­tain and doc­u­ment the occur­rence, quan­ti­ty, con­tent and form of pro-Russ­ian (includ­ing anti-West­ern and anti-Ukrain­ian) pro­pa­gan­da in the lead­ing Belaru­sian state-owned tele­vi­sion media, as well as its car­ri­ers and dis­sem­i­na­tors. Down­load PDF BRIEF CONCLUSIONS: As was the case in the pre­vi­ous year, Russ­ian top­ics con­sti­tut­ed a small­er […]
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    BAJ receives Günter Wallraff Award

    The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists has been hon­ored for its long­stand­ing work defend­ing jour­nal­ists and free­dom of speech.

    E‑newsletter: MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS No.1 (79) 2025

    Sit­u­a­tion in Belarus mass media field: jan­u­ary-march 2025. Review. Down­load PDF.

    “Press freedom and today’s Belarus are incompatible”: Forum in Vilnius highlights imprisoned Belarusian journalists

    The forum “Stay­ing secure in unse­cure times: Strate­gies for jour­nal­ists and the media” opened in Vil­nius with a sol­i­dar­i­ty action for impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists.
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    “Quiet and courageous heroes, they hold a special place in my heart”: Politicians and media professionals honor imprisoned journalists

    More than 40 jour­nal­ists remain impris­oned in Belarus, but oth­ers can talk for them – their sym­bol­ic god­par­ents, as well as oth­er pub­lic per­sons and media pro­fes­sion­als. On World Press Free­dom Day, May 3, the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists called on sym­bol­ic god­par­ents of polit­i­cal pris­on­ers, pub­lic fig­ures, and media pro­fes­sion­als to high­light the sit­u­a­tion […]
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    “The time will come, and the Freedom Train will depart”: Journalism Forum opens in Vilnius

    On May 2, the forum “Stay­ing secure in unse­cure times: Strate­gies for jour­nal­ists and the media» opened in Vil­nius. The event began with a sol­i­dar­i­ty action in sup­port of Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists who are cur­rent­ly behind bars for doing their pro­fes­sion­al work.
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    Journalism forum “Safety in danger: How journalists and media should act” to take place in Vilnius

    The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists (BAJ), the Lithuan­ian Jour­nal­ists’ Union, and the Coun­cil of Europe invite col­leagues to a media forum and a sol­i­dar­i­ty event mark­ing World Press Free­dom Day.
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    Former state TV journalist Dzmitry Semchanka pressured to appear in propaganda film while in prison

    For­mer Belaru­sian state TV host Dzmit­ry Sem­chanka, impris­oned since 2022, has report­ed­ly faced pres­sure and provo­ca­tions in Ivat­se­vichy Cor­rec­tion­al Facil­i­ty No. 22, includ­ing efforts to coerce him into par­tic­i­pat­ing in a pro­pa­gan­da film.
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    Current Time Belarus Suspends Broadcasting

    All employ­ees of the Belaru­sian edi­to­r­i­al team of the project have been placed on admin­is­tra­tive leave. The announce­ment was made by the TV chan­nel Cur­rent Time, orig­i­nal­ly estab­lished by RFE/RL with the par­tic­i­pa­tion of Voice of Amer­i­ca.
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    Belarus targets journalists and their families in new wave of repression

    In recent weeks, Belaru­sian secu­ri­ty forces have inten­si­fied pres­sure on jour­nal­ists remain­ing in Belarus, as well as on the rel­a­tives of media work­ers forced into exile. The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists has record­ed a new wave of such repres­sions.
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    Belarusian journalist Dzianis Ivashyn denied phone calls for four months

    Belaru­sian jour­nal­ist and polit­i­cal pris­on­er Dzia­n­is Ivashyn has been unable to make phone calls to his fam­i­ly for the past four months, accord­ing to his wife, Vol­ha Ivashy­na. The jour­nal­ist, cur­rent­ly held in Prison No. 8 in Zhodz­i­na, last con­tact­ed his rel­a­tives on Novem­ber 12, 2023.
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