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OSCE Media Freedom Representative meets with representatives of the BAJ and editors of independent media
Repression and resistance in Belarus: A monthly chronology
“Everything was done to paralyze the work of the organization”
Belarus: Prosecution of journalists for “organising violations of public order” infringes international human rights standards
Why are three Belarusian journalists in jail and what punishment do they face?
On Human Rights Day, NGOs call for accountability and an end to the crackdown in Belarus
In light of recent findings on Belarus by both the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, organisations express concern about ongoing abuses carried out by agents and supporters of the government of President Alexander Lukashenko and call for immediate investigations and redress.
RSF’s 15 recommendations for ending the four-month-old crackdown on press freedom in Belarus
BAJ wins the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award. Andrei Bastunets’ speech
BAJ receives Canada-UK Media Freedom Award This was announced during the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020.
In his remarks, Andrei Bastunets, chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, stressed that the Award reflects the high opinion of the work of Belarusian journalists who are now working in extremely difficult conditions.
During the ceremony, Dominic Raab, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the UK, pointed out that the Award is a fitting tribute to courage, sacrifice and determination of Belarusian journalists.
Below are BAJ acceptance remarks during the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020.
Wife of political prisoner Ihar Losik: “They organized a torture chamber for my husband”
ANDREI BASTUNETS: Today, the law does not defend us
Cameraman Uladzimir Luniou: ‘I didn’t belive we would get out of there alive’
A cameraman Uladzimir Luniou was filming peaceful protest actions in Minsk. On August 10, he was besieged by police near the ‘Pushkinskaya’ metro station. He was detained at about 11.30 pm, despite wearing a vest with the word “Press” and trying to explain that he was an independent journalist.
According to the reporter, he was kept 'in inhumane conditions' in custody for 34 hours. He was released later, but his personal belongings were not returned to him. Moreover, he had to visit the detention center again, in order to get his passport back. The court ruling of August 21 has not been sent to him yet.
Declaring war on the truth: the crackdown on independent media in Belarus
Riot policeman deliberately shoots at Nasha Niva journalist Natalia Lubneuskaya from 10 meters VIDEO
“I will murder you. I can do it today.” Journalists from Babruysk Clobbered and Tortured
Representatives of law-enforcement agencies brutally detained four independent journalists in Babruysk (Mahilou region) on August 10, 2020.
Three of them were detained next to the local pretrial detention center, where the relatives of the previously locked up Babruysk dwellers gathered and waited for court decisions.
The fourth journalist was taken into custody at his wife’s work place.
Journalist Ivan Murauyou talks about his three days in detention
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