Persecution of Belarusian journalists and media in 2024, in figures

In 2024, the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists (BAJ) doc­u­ment­ed exten­sive repres­sion with­in the media sec­tor. A notable trend was the rise of «silent repres­sions,» where law enforce­ment pres­sured vic­tims into keep­ing their per­se­cu­tion con­fi­den­tial.

As a result of these threats, BAJ refrained from dis­clos­ing many vic­tims’ iden­ti­ties this year. The orga­ni­za­tion also antic­i­pates that due to the intim­i­da­tion of jour­nal­ists and their fam­i­lies, some cas­es of repres­sion remain entire­ly unre­port­ed.

BAJ urges media pro­fes­sion­als to inform them about instances of per­se­cu­tion, even if they pre­fer the details to stay pri­vate.