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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.
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
RSF’s 15 recommendations for ending the four-month-old crackdown on press freedom in Belarus
After nearly 450 press freedom violations registered in Belarus in the past four months, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is recommending 15 ways to end what is an unprecedented crackdown on the media in a European country.
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”
The wife of political prisoner Ihar Losik told the media about the conditions of her husband's incarceration in Zhodzina jail. Daria Losik is sure that the jail administration is deliberately creating unbearable conditions for Ihar in the hope to break him and make him incriminate himself and other people. RFE/RL published a video with Daria's story in its Telegram channel.
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
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