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    Political prisoner and journalist Darya Chultsova turns 25 in prison

    “It’s Dasha’s birthday on the 20th, she will celebrate her twenty-fifth birthday. Such a beautiful date! Too bad it will be a day off. The day passed quickly at work and maybe it wasn’t so sad,” Dasha’s mother Natalya Tserabilenka told.
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    Journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva transferred to jail for “investigative actions”

    Belsat journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva (Bakhvalava) is no longer kept in the women’s correctional facility #4 in Homel.
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    BAJ nominated for UNESCO prize

    Forty-six UNESCO Member States, including all 27 EUMS, joined in nominating the Belarusian Association of Journalists for the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022!
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    Ex-RFE/RL Photographer Gets 13 Days In Jail For ‘Disobedience To Police’

    A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been sentenced to 13 days in jail for "disobedience to police," a charge that he has rejected. Judge Tatsyana Palulekh of the Frunze district court in Minsk sentenced Uladz Hrydzin on February 7 after finding him guilty of refusing to follow police orders to let them inside his apartment to conduct a search last week.
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    Former RFE/RL Photographer Detained In Minsk On Unknown Charges

    A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been arrested and taken to pretrial detention in Minsk, his relatives say.

    E‑NEWSLETTER “MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS”. Monitoring Report 2021

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    Nasha Niva declared “extremist formation”

    The Nasha Niva newspaper has been published since 1906 (modern version – since 1991), now it is an online media outlet with popular social media pages. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus informed that Nasha Niva was recognized as an extremist formation: “The group of citizens from the Sarodzichy private association (the owner of Nasha Niva) united through online resources, including social media and messengers was recognized an extremist formation.”
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    Writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski detained upon arrival in Belarus

    On January 19, Belarusian writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski was detained.
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    CPJ: The Ivulin case shows that the authorities will use any pretext to punish members of the press

    In response to the sentencing of Belarusian journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin to two years imprisonment on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement of condemnation:
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    Sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin sentenced to 2 years in prison

    On January 19, the Savetski District Court of Minsk ruled in a criminal case against well-known journalist and Krumkachy football player Aliaksandr Ivulin.
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    Police raid journos’ places, editorial office in Mahiliou region

      The place of Byalynichy-based journalist Barys Vyrvich was searched on Friday morning, the human rights centre Viasna
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    Index Censorship, ARTICLE 19: Access the toolkit to join the Andrei and Irina campaign

    Journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau and his partner campaigner Irina Zlobina have been behind bars since 12 January 2021, when they were detained and imprisoned for claiming their right to freedom of expression. On the anniversary of their detention, on 12 January 2022, ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship launched a campaign in solidarity and calling for their immediate and unconditional release.

    MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS. E‑NEWSLETTER № 4 (66) 2021. Restriction on the print media activities

    MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS. E-NEWSLETTER No.2 (64) 2021. Persecution of journalists. Part I MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS. E-NEWSLETTER № 3 (65) 2021. Restriction of freedom of media on the wed. Part II

    BAJ shared results of comprehensive journalists’ survey

    In October-November 2021, the Belarusian Association of Journalists surveyed media representatives: those who remain in Belarus and those who were forced to leave the country. The purpose of the survey was to find out the most burning issues and needs of the Belarusian media sector today.
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    Sports journo Alyaksandr Ivulin to stand trial in mid January

    The case of Alyaksandr Ivulin, a journalist at the sports media outlet Tribuna and a football player of Krumkachy team, is starting to be heard on January 17 in Savetski district court of Minsk, tribuna.com reports. The defendant has been behind bars for about seven months.
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