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Journalist Tatsiana Belashova: Akrestsina is a manmade hell
In the evening of May 10, Alena Shcharbinskaya, I, and another dozen people were loaded into a police van near Centralny police department, where we searched for information about our detained family members. Of course, the police did not explain, why they detained us.
August 16, 2020
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.
July 03, 2020
Amnesty International: Bloggers and activists arrested in purge ahead of the presidential election must be released
June 30, 2020
RSF calls for EU pressure after wave of arrests of journalists in Belarus
June 24, 2020
How Belarusian officials withhold information about COVID-19 from the public. Editors of Belarusian media tell their stories
May 28, 2020
Journalist Siarhei Satsuk asked to publish this text in case of his arrest
March 30, 2020
Tatsiana Tkachova: If I stop loving the process, stop loving the way the cherries bloom, then it’s time to die
Tatsiana Tkachova, World Press Photo nominee in the "portrait" category shares emotions with BAJ.BY, and tells what she finds really important and how to learn photography.
March 02, 2020
After the parliamentary elections: political and media freedom in Belarus
Following the parliamentary elections in Belarus in November, the Representation of Sweden to the EU hosted a meeting on 21 November with experts from Belarus and representatives of the EU Member States and institutions. The aim was to get an update on the impressions of how the elections were implemented and the situation for journalists.
December 03, 2019
Declaration on the need for geographical localization of internet services and the recognition of the Belarusian segment of the internet as a separate market
November 20, 2019
Journalists face numerous obstacles when covering parliamentary elections in Belarus
Reporters were not allowed to shoot or were put in conditions which made it impossible to work.
Here are some facts from the recent election coverage.
November 20, 2019
EOC defends placing the European Games in Belarus
June 18, 2019
Media Under Attack as European Games Loom
(Berlin) – Belarusian authorities have carried out concerted attacks on media freedom over the past two years that directly affect the climate in which news media will cover the country before, during, and after the upcoming European Games, Human Rights Watch said. The European Olympic Committees (EOC) should ensure that all journalists, foreign and local, covering the 2019 European Games, from June 21-30, in Belarus, can operate free from harassment.
May 22, 2019
Harlem Désir: There Are Brave Journalists Ready to Fight for the Diversity of Opinions in Belarus
March 19, 2019
BelTA Case: Facts, lists, related links
March 07, 2019
Women in front!
March 05, 2019
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