16 September marks BAJ’s 26th anniversary

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists is a mem­ber of the Inter­na­tion­al and Euro­pean Fed­er­a­tions of Jour­nal­ists, IFEX, and the Reporters With­out Bor­ders net­work. It holds the Sakharov Prize for Free­dom of Thought and many inter­na­tion­al awards.

On 27 August 2021, after an unprece­dent­ed wave of repres­sions against jour­nal­ists, media, and pub­lic orga­ni­za­tions, Judge of the Supreme Court Inesa Laza­viko­va sat­is­fied the claim of the Min­istry of Jus­tice to liq­ui­date the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists.

How­ev­er, BAJ is not just and not so much an entry in the reg­is­ter of legal enti­ties run by the author­i­ties. Today the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists counts more than 1300 jour­nal­ists, edi­tors, pho­tog­ra­phers, lawyers, and oth­er pro­fes­sion­als engaged in real jour­nal­ism.

That is why the BAJ team is not giv­ing up. We are get­ting ready to appeal the deci­sion of the author­i­ties in a court of super­vi­sion and inter­na­tion­al courts.

And we are still in touch: the best way to con­tact the BAJ today is via email press@baj.by.

Con­grat­u­la­tions, col­leagues!

BAJ — 26 years togeth­er!