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    “Belarus has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists.” Interview with Jeanne Cavelier representing Reporters Without Borders

    In the World Press Freedom Index, Belarus ranks 153 out of 180. In terms of the number of journalists in detention, it is one of the five countries with the worst situation in the world. Both rankings are based on the findings of Reporters Without Borders. In an interview with BAJ, Jeanne Cavelier, head of this NGO’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Desk, shared how the situation in Belarus is currently assessed.
    December 09, 2022
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    “We don’t want Belarus to become an information black hole.” Discussions at Free Journalism Forum

    December 02, 2022
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    “They hold up well and don’t lose hope.” Latest news from imprisoned journalists

    September 28, 2022
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    Belarusian Journalist Convicted Over Anti-Lukashenka Rally Flees Country

    August 09, 2022
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    The journalists of Belarus in exile

    Belarus is one of the most difficult countries in Europe for independent journalists to work in. Since the rigged presidential election in 2020, the journalists have been a target for the regime and at least 300 journalists have been forced into exile. Now they are struggling to cover the news in their homeland from a distance.
    July 28, 2022
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    Belarus: the free press continues despite attacks

    May 26, 2022
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    Weekly Bulletin #1. MEDIA INSIGHTS — War on Ukraine (4–9 May 2022)

    The Slovakia-based media-monitoring organization MEMO 98 has launched monitoring of Russian Federation state TV channels First Channel, Russia 1, Russia 24, NTV, online sources Smotrim.ru, gazeta.ru, news agencies Ria Novosti, Interfax, RBC, newspapers Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Argumenty i Fakty and independent international media to evaluate how those news outlets are covering the war in Ukraine and anti-war/peace protests. What does state media propaganda tell Russians about these topics, and how does it compare to the portrayal by independent media outside the country?
    May 24, 2022
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    A woman, her newspaper and an entire sector under attack in Belarus

    April 22, 2022
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    Russia is shooting the truth about the invasion of Ukraine: losses among journalists in 20 days of war

    March 16, 2022
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    Political prisoner and journalist Darya Chultsova turns 25 in prison

    February 21, 2022
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    OSCE: situation in Belarus is unprecedented for Europe

    December 11, 2021
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    CEO describes blocking of Deutsche Welle’s website in Belarus as “act of desperation”

    October 30, 2021
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    “The torture is ongoing.” Journalist Katsiaryna Karpitskaya speaks about arrest conditions

    September 21, 2021
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    Supreme Court liquidated Belarusian Association of Journalists

    On August 27, according to the decision of the Supreme Court, BAJ representative "misunderstood the law", and all their arguments as to no legal grounds to sustain the liquidation claim should be considered unimportant. Judge of the Supreme Court Inesa Lazavikova.
    August 27, 2021
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    Integrity. Strength. Yulia VIDEO

    "There is nothing impossible for her" — a story about the founder of the Press Club, Yulia Slutskaya. Four months after the Belarusian presidential elections, the founder of Press Club Belarus, Yulia Slutskaya, and three members of her team —  Financial Director Sergei Olshevsky, Programme Director Alla Sharko and Yulia's son Photographer Pyotr Slutsky — were arrested on charges of tax evasion and have been remanded in prison in Minsk since December 22, 2020.
    May 04, 2021
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