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Detention of BelaPAN director general extended by two more months
The detention of BelaPAN Director General Iryna Lieŭšyna has been extended by two more months, according to her daughter, Hanna.Dzmitryj Navažylaŭ, BelaPAN’s former director general, is likely to have had his detention extended, too.
October 19, 2021
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No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention
Andrej Skurko, a prominent journalist and the head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, was not released on October 17 after a three-month detention.
October 19, 2021
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Siarhei Niarouny’s trial over extremism postponed to Wednesday
The trial of journalist Siarhei Niarouny detained over the weekend and accused of distributing extremist materials has started in Krychau.
October 19, 2021
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LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA’S PRISONERS: Katsyaryna Andreeva
October 18, 2021
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Judge rejects appeal against Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist’s detention
A judge of the Partyzanski District Court in Minsk on Wednesday turned down an appeal against the detention of Hienadź Mažejka, a reporter for the Belarus version of the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
October 15, 2021
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Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia discuss functioning of media outlets
Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makiej and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, discussed the functioning of Belarusian media outlets in Russia and Russian media outlets in Belarus during their meeting in Minsk on Thursday.
October 15, 2021
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Webinar: Photojournalism in the digital age / 25–26 October
Webinars: “Trust in media: Photojournalism in the digital age” where will discuss the role of photojournalists, the challenges many of them are facing and how to mitigate risks to health and safety.
October 14, 2021
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Belarus: EFJ Annual Meeting adopted resolution in solidarity with BAJ
The annual meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, on 8-9 October, unanimously adopted a resolution on the dissolution of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), an EFJ affiliate.
October 14, 2021
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Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist criminally charged in Belarus
Henadz Mazheyka, a journalist of Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus, has been charged with two articles of the Criminal Code: inciting social hatred or discord and insulting a government official.
Henadz is in the Zhodzina pre-trial detention center quarantined for coronavirus, he cannot be visited by lawyers and relatives, care packages are not allowed.
October 12, 2021
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Authorities asked to restore access to website of Russian newspaper’s Belarusian edition
Minsk, 7 October. The Belarusian information ministry announced on Thursday that it would consider a request for restoring access to www.kp.by, the website of the Belarus version of Russia’s newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
October 09, 2021
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Fresh criminal case opened against ТУТ.бай journalists, executives
The Investigative Committee of Belarus has opened a fresh criminal case against journalists and executives with ТУТ.бай, once the country’s largest independent news outlet that was crushed by the authorities earlier this year.
October 09, 2021
45
No release for Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist after initial 72-hour detention
Hienadź Mažejka, a reporter for the Belarus version of the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, was not released after the expiry of his initial 72-hour detention on October 5.
October 06, 2021
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Editorial office of regional newspaper «Hantsavitski chas» searched
The editorial office of the Hantsavitski chas newspaper has been searched, devices have been seized.
The office survived searches in July 2021 and December 2020.
October 05, 2021
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Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist’s arrest cannot be supported if related to his work, Kremlin spokesperson says
If the arrest of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist Hienadź Mažejka is related to his professional activities, “undoubtedly, such actions cannot be approved of,” Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Monday.
October 05, 2021
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Authorities extend detention of sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin
Aliaksandr Ivulin, a journalist with the now-blacklisted sports news website by.tribuna.com and soccer player, has had his pretrial detention extended again, the unregistered Viasna Human Rights Center reported on Monday.
October 05, 2021
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