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“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.
August 23, 2020
Journalist Ivan Murauyou talks about his three days in detention
August 16, 2020
Journalist Tatsiana Belashova: Akrestsina is a manmade hell
August 16, 2020
Independent media advocate and journalist tell of challenges covering Belarus’s upcoming elections and coronavirus
July 03, 2020
Amnesty International: Bloggers and activists arrested in purge ahead of the presidential election must be released
Responding to the news that at least three more prominent Belarusian bloggers — Ihar Losik, Syarhei Pyatrukhin and Syarhei Sparish— were arrested on Thursday, as part of a crackdown ahead of the presidential election on 9 August, Aisha Jung, Amnesty International’s Senior Campaigner on Belarus, said:
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
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.
May 28, 2020
Journalist Siarhei Satsuk asked to publish this text in case of his arrest
A few months ago, EJ.BY chief editor, Siarhei Satsuk faced pressure from the high and the mighty and left a text with Euroradio he asked to publish in case of his arrest. He describes the reasons for his possible arrest and the threats he had received from the "messenger" — a representative of a businessman from the health care industry.
On March 25, 2020, Satsuk was arrested by officers of the Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus. Allegedly, he is suspected of taking a bribe.
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
May 22, 2019
Harlem Désir: There Are Brave Journalists Ready to Fight for the Diversity of Opinions in Belarus
March 19, 2019
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