BELARUS MEDIA WEEK (9 September — 22 September 2013)

The study shows that in addi­tion to polit­i­cal pres­sure from pro­fes­sion­al activ­i­ties, media work­ers are also affect­ed by oth­er fac­tors, such as lack of ade­quate access to health care or strug­gles with find­ing sus­tain­able employ­ment.

The fol­low­ing jour­nal­ists are in jail at the moment. Kat­siary­na Andree­va, Ihar Losik, Andrei Ali­ak­san­drau, Dzia­n­is Ivashyn, Andrej Pachobut (Andrzej Poc­zobut), Mary­na Zolata­va,  Liud­mi­la Chek­ina,  Valer­i­ja Kast­si­u­go­va,  Dzmit­ryi Navazhy­lau,  Iry­na Slau­nika­va Siarhei Sat­suk,  Kanstantsin Zalatykh,  Pavel Mazhei­ka,  Yauhen Merkis,  Dzmit­ry Sem­chanka,  Andrei Famin,  Larysa Shchyrako­va,  Pavel Pad­abed, Viachaslau Laza­rau, Ali­ak­san­dr Mant­se­vich, Ihar Karnei, Ales Sabaleus­ki, Ali­ak­san­dr […]