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Help for former political prisoner in the TUT.BY case Maria Novik
Help for former political prisoner in the TUT.BY case, Maria Novik, whose son was killed in the war in Ukraine.
September 02, 2025
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Journalist Ihar Ilyash’s trial to resume on September 4
The Minsk City Court will resume the trial of journalist Ihar Ilyash on September 4. He is accused of facilitating extremism and discrediting Belarus.
September 02, 2025
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E‑newsletter: MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS No.2 (80) 2025
Situation in Belarus mass media field: april-june 2025. Review. Download PDF.
August 27, 2025
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Aleh Supruniuk and Pavel Dabravolski recognized as political prisoners
On August 26, 2025, Belarusian human rights organizations issued a joint statement regarding journalists Aleh Supruniuk and Pavel Dabravolski, who are behind bars in Belarus.
August 26, 2025
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Journalist Aleh Supruniuk sentenced to three years in prison
Friends of the Brest journalist report that on August 8 Aleh Suprunyuk received a three-year prison sentence. He was convicted of involvement in an “extremist formation.” Prior to the verdict, he had spent over six months in pre-trial detention.
August 25, 2025
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German MP becomes symbolic godparent to imprisoned journalist Palina Pitkevich
As part of the #WeStandBYyou campaign, Ophelia Nick, a member of the German political party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, has become the symbolic godparent of journalist Palina Pitkevich, who was sentenced by the Belarusian authorities to three years in prison.
August 22, 2025
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Appeal for Support in Preserving the Belarusian-Language Version of LSM+
Chairperson of the Human Rights and Public Affairs Committee of the Saeima Chairperson of the Board of Directors of “Latvijas Sabiedriskais medijs” To the Council of Public Electronic Media of the Republic of Latvia (SEPLPz Saeimas Cilvēktiesību un sabiedrisko lietu komisija Appeal for Support in Preserving the Belarusian-Language Version of LSM+ as a Key Tool […]
August 21, 2025
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Latvian parliamentarian warns against dropping Belarusian media content
The possible closure of the Belarusian division of the LSM+ Latvian media outlet has sparked widespread concern not only among the Belarusian diaspora in Latvia. BAJ looked into the issue and spoke with Latvian MP Leila Rasima, as well as with community representatives and the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus.
August 18, 2025
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Five years of lawlessness: How Belarus’s media was silenced — and fought back
Independent media can be destroyed, journalists can be imprisoned — but they cannot be forced into silence. The starting point of the newest Belarusian history was August 9, 2020 — the day of voting in a presidential election that never truly happened. That day marked the beginning of a total purge of Belarus’s democratic society.
August 12, 2025
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BAJ launched the project “Journalists: The Silent Mode”
Determined not to let the facts of persecution and repression against journalists disappear in the information flow or perceived as white noise, the Belarusian Association of Journalists launched the project “Journalists: The Silent Mode.”
August 12, 2025
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BAJ exhibition on imprisoned journalists held at “New Belarus” conference
The project “Journalists: The Silent Mode” is a visual form of resistance to the quiet erasure of journalists from public space, the profession, and life — a process that the Belarusian authorities have been deliberately carrying out for the past five years. Belarussian Association of Journalists spoke with visitors to the exhibition at the conference […]
August 11, 2025
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Belarus: portraits of arbitrarily detained media professionals
Today, Belarus is one of the largest prisons in the world for independent journalists, with 39 currently behind bars.
August 11, 2025
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IFJ demands an end to the criminalization of journalism in Belarus
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Belarusian Association of Journalists’ (BAJ), in calling for the immediate release of all journalists and media workers unjustly imprisoned. The IFJ demands that the authorities cease the criminalisation of journalism, as well as the harassment of journalists in Belarus, in exile and their family members.
August 11, 2025
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Journalist Danil Palianski sentenced to 10 years in prison over “high treason”
The case against freelance journalist Danil Palianski was heard by the Brest Regional Court. According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), the trial began in mid-July 2025 and was held behind closed doors. The verdict was delivered on July 25.
August 07, 2025
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Polish lawyer denied access to case of journalist Aliaksandr Burakou, who is banned from entering the Schengen Area
Poland was the country that initiated the journalist’s ban, and for several years Aliaksandr Burakou has been trying to uncover the specific allegations that resulted in his prohibition from entering multiple Schengen Agreement member states.
August 06, 2025
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