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    Aleh Hruzdzilovich: I wrote about abuse. I went through prison. And I proved that freedom cannot be crushed

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.
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    Four Baranavichy journalists sentenced to home confinement on “extremism” charges

    The updat­ed Novem­ber 11 list of indi­vid­u­als alleged­ly involved in “extrem­ist activ­i­ty,” pub­lished by the Belaru­sian Min­istry of Inter­nal Affairs, now includes the names Natal­lia Semi­anovich, Miki­ta Pia­trous­ki, Rus­lan Ravi­a­ka, and Lud­mi­la Zelianko­va. All four worked for BAR24, a Baranavichy news out­let cre­at­ed by the for­mer team of the inde­pen­dent region­al news­pa­per Intex-Press.
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    Henadz Veratsinski: “If a photograph captures a moment, then the photographer is not its shadow — but its witness in history”

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.
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    Exiled journalist Aksana Kolb hit with new charges as Belarus upgrades her sentence to prison

    Belaru­sian jour­nal­ist Aksana Kolb, for­mer edi­tor-in-chief of the inde­pen­dent news­pa­per Novy Chas, now faces new crim­i­nal charges for “aid­ing extrem­ism” and “par­tic­i­pa­tion in riots.” Author­i­ties have also upgrad­ed her pre­vi­ous sen­tence of con­fine­ment in an open cor­rec­tion­al facil­i­ty with a prison term.
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    Aliaksandr Klaskouski: Journalism is not just a craft. It’s a trial by both pressure and freedom

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.

    Astrozski Belarus-Ukraine Forum participants express solidarity with imprisoned journalists in Belarus

    Par­tic­i­pants of the Belaru­sian-Ukrain­ian Astrozs­ki Forum have expressed sol­i­dar­i­ty with Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists who remain behind bars.
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    Poczobut awarded Poland’s Order of the White Eagle

    Pol­ish Pres­i­dent Karol Nawroc­ki has award­ed jour­nal­ist Andrzej Poc­zobut, held in a Belaru­sian prison in a polit­i­cal­ly-moti­vat­ed case, an Order of the White Eagle, the most impor­tant Pol­ish civil­ian and mil­i­tary dis­tinc­tion.
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    Prosecutor General’s Office in Belarus files $7 million lawsuit against Ihar Losik

    After his release, for­mer polit­i­cal pris­on­er Ihar Losik was hit with a law­suit from the Pros­e­cu­tor General’s Office of Belarus amount­ing to about $7 mil­lion, he report­ed on his Face­book page.
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    Valer Karbalevich: “Our history is like a mirror; it reflects both defeat and chance”

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.
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    Liubou Luniova: “A government afraid of freedom instinctively reaches for the baton”

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.
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    Editor of S13 news portal sentenced to 3.5 years for “extremism” and “defamation” of Lukashenka

    The Hrod­na Region­al Court has sen­tenced Siarhei Chabot­s­ka, edi­tor of the local news por­tal s13.ru, to three years and six months in prison, along with a large fine.
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    Viktar Marchuk: “Digital technology can replace paper, but nothing can replace trust.”

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.

    Justice for Journalists: Over 100 Media Workers Behind Bars in Russia and Belarus; 89 Arrested in Absentia

    On the eve of the Inter­na­tion­al Day to End Impuni­ty for Crimes Against Jour­nal­ists, the grim sta­tis­tics sees 103 media work­ers in Russ­ian and Belaru­sian pris­ons and penal colonies. Their com­bined sen­tence is over 740 years.

    France’s major media outlets support imprisoned Belarusian journalists

    A group of inde­pen­dent Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists in exile vis­it­ed France and held sev­er­al sol­i­dar­i­ty events in sup­port of their impris­oned col­leagues.
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    Belarusian journalists in Paris: Meetings, exchange, and a solidarity action

    At the end of Octo­ber, a del­e­ga­tion of Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists vis­it­ed Paris. As part of the work­ing trip, they met with edi­to­r­i­al teams of lead­ing French media out­lets and took part in sol­i­dar­i­ty actions in sup­port of impris­oned jour­nal­ists cur­rent­ly behind bars in Belarus.
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