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Journalist Tatsiana Belashova: Akrestsina is a manmade hell
Independent media advocate and journalist tell of challenges covering Belarus’s upcoming elections and coronavirus
As Belarus’s August 9, 2020, presidential election nears with President Aleksandr Lukashenko vying to remain in power after 26 years in office, press freedom advocates say Belarusian authorities are cracking down on journalists and government critics.
Amnesty International: Bloggers and activists arrested in purge ahead of the presidential election must be released
RSF calls for EU pressure after wave of arrests of journalists in Belarus
How Belarusian officials withhold information about COVID-19 from the public. Editors of Belarusian media tell their stories
State propaganda accuses independent colleagues of misinformation and whipping up public hysteria, authorities threaten them with warnings and fines. At the same time, officials meet the journalists with a wall of silence.
It is extremely difficult to get either their comments, or official responses to media enquiries.
Belarusian Association of Journalists asked colleagues from different media to tell their stories on how officials denied them information.
Journalist Siarhei Satsuk asked to publish this text in case of his arrest
Tatsiana Tkachova: If I stop loving the process, stop loving the way the cherries bloom, then it’s time to die
After the parliamentary elections: political and media freedom in Belarus
Declaration on the need for geographical localization of internet services and the recognition of the Belarusian segment of the internet as a separate market
Journalists face numerous obstacles when covering parliamentary elections in Belarus
EOC defends placing the European Games in Belarus
Media Under Attack as European Games Loom
Harlem Désir: There Are Brave Journalists Ready to Fight for the Diversity of Opinions in Belarus
BelTA Case: Facts, lists, related links
The Investigative Committee has instigated on the criminal case under Art. 349 Part 2 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized access to computer information, made of other personal interest that results in substantial harm).
Guilty: Zolatava to Pay a Fine and BelTA Costs
Statement of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Belarusian Pen Center on Conviction of Maryna Zolatava
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