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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.
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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.
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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.

    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
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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.
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    Belarusian Journalist Jailed For 10 Days Amid Ongoing Media Crackdown

    A freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been sentenced to 10 days in jail on hooliganism charges as authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues his crackdown on independent media.
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    BAJ wins National Prize of Ukraine for Protection of Freedom of Speech

    The Belarusian Association of Journalists has won the Ihor Lubchenko National Prize for the Protection of Freedom of Speech. This decision was made by the Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
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    Belarusian Journalist Detained As Media Crackdown Continues

    A journalist who has worked for RFE/RL as a freelancer has been detained in Minsk, his wife said, amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media by the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
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    Belarusian Media Under Threat: What to do and What Support is Needed? Discussion. November 25, registration

    Belarusian Media Under Threat: What to do and What Support is Needed?
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    BelaPAN editor-in-chief Iryna Leushyna and ex-director Dzmitry Navazhylau charged with “creating an extremist formation”

    BelaPAN was recognized as an “extremist formation” by the authorities on November 1.

    BAJ demands to stop using anti-extremist legislation to restrict freedom of speech

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    BelaPAN news agency recognized as extremist group

    The decision to assign BelaPAN the status of “extremist formation” was made by the State Security Committee on November 1. The website of the agency or the state media never reported about it.
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    Authorities invite Polish journalists to Belarus’ side of border to cover migrant crisis

    The Belarusian information ministry said on Wednesday that Polish journalists were welcome to come to Belarus’ side of the shared border to cover a worsening migrant crisis.
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    IPI: Government moves to stamp out remaining independent media

    International community must not lose focus on severity of crackdown.
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    Index Censorship published Andrei Aliaksandrau’s letter from prison

    The Index on Censorship  published a letter from Andrey Aleksandrov from prison.
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