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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.
January 06, 2022
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Barys Haretski — Deputy Chairman of The Belarusian Association of Journalists
January 01, 2022
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Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich criminally charged
He is accused of taking part in an unauthorized rally while being deprived of the journalist accreditation of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
December 29, 2021
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FIGURES OF THE YEAR. Repression of media and journalists in Belarus in 2021
December 29, 2021
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RFE/RL Correspondent Seized By Masked Men In Minsk
MINSK -- Aleh Hruzdzilovich, a correspondent of RFE/RL's Belarus Service, has been seized and held by masked men who broke into his home in Minsk, a human rights organization reports in the latest crackdown on independent media in the authoritarian Eastern European state.
December 23, 2021
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Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges
MINSK -- A jailed freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, is facing unspecified criminal charges, his relatives told RFE/RL on December 23.
December 23, 2021
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Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service As ‘Extremist’
elarus's Interior Ministry has added RFE/RL's Belarus Service, known locally as Radio Svaboda, to its registry of extremist organizations, in a continued clampdown on independent media and civil society sparked by an eruption of protests against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka's claim he won a presidential election last year that the opposition says was rigged.
December 23, 2021
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Journalist Andrei Kuznechyk still detained, his whereabouts unknown
Radio Svaboda freelancer Andrei Kuznechyk was to be released from a temporary detention center on December 15. His second 10-day arrest ended that day.
December 23, 2021
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Lecturer detained at work at BSU journalism department
Ksenia Martul, a lecturer at the journalism department of the Belarusian State University, was detained during classes on December 14.
December 17, 2021
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EBU calls for all journalists imprisoned in Belarus to be released
The EBU calls for all journalists imprisoned in Belarus to be released and for journalists to be able to do their job safely and without threat or hindrance.
December 15, 2021
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OSCE: situation in Belarus is unprecedented for Europe
On Human Rights Day, December 10, 2021, the Seimas of Lithuania hosted the Lithuanian-Belarusian forum “Human Rights and Journalism” attended by representatives of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and international human rights organizations.
The forum participants discussed the human rights situation in Belarus, ways to influence the situation and provide assistance to the media community.
December 11, 2021
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Ezhednevnik editor Siarhei Satsuk detained and taken into custody
The Belarusian portal Ezhednevnik (ej.by) is blocked. Its editor, investigative journalist Siarhei Satsuk, was searched and interrogated by the Investigative Committee.
It has been reported to the Belarusian Association of Journalists that Siarhei Satsuk was taken into custody after interrogation in the old case of accepting a bribe. He will be placed in pre-trial detention center #1 in Minsk.
December 08, 2021
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Belarusian Journalist’s Family Says He’s Still Waiting For His Release From Jail
MINSK -- Authorities in Belarus have failed to release a freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL’s Belarus Service even though the 10-day jail term he was handed on a controversial hooliganism charge ended on December 6.
December 06, 2021
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MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS. E‑NEWSLETTER № 3 (65) 2021. Restriction of freedom of media on the web
MASS MEDIA IN BELARUS. E-NEWSLETTER No.2 (64) 2021. Special Issue PERSECUTION OF MASS MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS IN 2021. Part І
December 02, 2021
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Winter in Belarus starts with massive searches
Early in the morning of December 1, law enforcers searched human rights activists and journalists.
December 01, 2021
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