Harsh sentences for Maryna Zolatava and Ludmila Chekina avenge the truth TUT.BY delivered to millions

The Belaru­sian author­i­ties set to destroy the TUT.BY out­let on 18 May 2021, when the edi­to­r­i­al office and homes of the staff were searched and the media’s man­age­ment and oth­er staff mem­bers were detained.

Before that, TUT.BY was the most pop­u­lar news por­tal in Belarus, reach­ing a large part of Belaru­sian soci­ety and pro­fes­sion­al­ly deliv­er­ing news on pol­i­tics, econ­o­my, cul­ture, sports and many oth­er spheres dai­ly for many years.

The case against TUT.BY and the con­vic­tion of its employ­ees is cru­el revenge for the truth that TUT.BY deliv­ered to mil­lions of peo­ple.

The author­i­ties have tra­di­tion­al­ly decid­ed to smash the mir­ror, instead of cor­rect­ing the ter­ri­ble Belaru­sian real­i­ty which was prop­er­ly and pro­fes­sion­al­ly reflect­ed in it. It is indica­tive that TUT.BY was sub­sti­tut­ed by Zerka­lo (rus. ‘mir­ror’) media out­let, which con­tin­ued the work of its pre­de­ces­sor despite the repres­sion.

To date, there are 36 media work­ers behind bars. Accord­ing to Reporters with­out Bor­ders, Belarus ranks 3^rd in the world for the num­ber of impris­oned female jour­nal­ists.

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists demands annul­ment of the sen­tence and imme­di­ate release of Mary­na Zolata­va, Lud­mi­la Chek­ina and all media rep­re­sen­ta­tives cur­rent­ly behind bars.

Je suis TUT.BY!

Save TUT.BY!

Jour­nal­ists are not crim­i­nals.

Jour­nal­ism is not a crime!