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    Exiled journalists launch fundraisers to cover medical and relocation expenses

    Two Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists in exile are cur­rent­ly run­ning fundrais­ing cam­paigns to raise mon­ey to help them face the chal­lenges of forced migra­tion. Ali­ak­san­dr Kornyshau, edi­tor of the Viteb­sky Kuri­er News pub­li­ca­tion, is seek­ing help for reha­bil­i­ta­tion after hip joint replace­ment surgery.

    Monitoring pro-russian propaganda on belarus state television

    Pro-russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da on belarus state tele­vi­sion. Down­load PDF.
    Accents

    The representatives of Belarusian propaganda media accredited to cover the Olympics in Paris

    A num­ber of rep­re­sen­ta­tives from these pub­li­ca­tions, along with law enforce­ment offi­cials, par­tic­i­pat­ed in the ques­tion­ing of indi­vid­u­als who had been detained dur­ing peace­ful protests.

    Journalist Alena Tsimashchuk declared political prisoner

    Joint state­ment by the Belaru­sian human rights com­mu­ni­ty.
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    Serbia to extradite Andrei Hniot to Belarus

    The Supreme Court of Ser­bia has ruled in favor of extra­dit­ing direc­tor, jour­nal­ist, and founder of the Free Asso­ci­a­tion of Ath­letes Andrei Hniot to Belarus. As the activist him­self informed Zerka­lo, the court found no rea­sons to pre­vent his extra­di­tion. We found out how he assessed the court’s deci­sion and what he plans to do […]
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    BAJ expresses condolences on the untimely death of Reporters Without Borders Secretary General

    It is with great sad­ness that we announce the pass­ing of Christophe Deloire, Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al of the inter­na­tion­al orga­ni­za­tion Reporters With­out Bor­ders. Deloire, who was 53 years old, died in Paris after a bat­tle with can­cer.
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    Brest journalist Alena Tsimashchuk sentenced to 5 years in prison and huge fine

    The Brest Region­al Court hand­ed down a five-year prison sen­tence and a $14,000 fine to local jour­nal­ist Ale­na Tsi­mashchuk. The tri­al com­menced on Fri­day, May 31, and at the next ses­sion on June 3, Judge Dzmit­ry Karasin­s­ki deliv­ered a guilty ver­dict.
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    Journalist Andrei Hniot placed under house arrest

    On Octo­ber 30, 2023, at the request of the Belaru­sian regime, the Ser­bian Bor­der Guard detained jour­nal­ist and film direc­tor Andrei Hniot. Today’s imme­di­ate goal is to pre­vent his extra­di­tion to Belarus.

    E‑newsletter mass media in Belarus: January-April 2024

    Sit­u­a­tion in belarus mass media field: jan­u­ary-april 2024, review. Down­load PDF.
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    Journalist Alena Tsimashchuk faces trial in Brest: accused of discreditation, inciting hatred, and extremism

    The sched­ule of the Brest Region­al Court for May 31 indi­cat­ed that an indi­vid­ual named Ale­na Tsi­mashchuk would be tried on three charges: dis­cred­it­ing the Repub­lic of Belarus, incite­ment to hos­til­i­ty or dis­cord, and par­tic­i­pa­tion in an extrem­ist for­ma­tion.
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    Supreme Court upholds sentence of Ales Marchanka convicted for cooperation with Belsat TV

    On June 4, the Supreme Court con­sid­ered the appeal of Ales Marchanka, who was sen­tenced to prison. The appeal was dis­missed by Judge Ali­ak­sei Khlyshchank­ou.
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    Journalist Andrei Tolchyn added to Interior Ministry’s list of “extremists,” while Supreme Court rejects appeal against his conviction

    On May 24, the Supreme Court reject­ed Andrei Tolchyn’s appeal. Supreme Court Judge Ali­ak­sei Rybak­ou upheld the sen­tence of the court of first instance – two and a half years in prison.
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    Investigative Committee launches special proceedings against freelance journalists Iryna Charniauka and Aliaksandr Kirkevich

    Reports about crim­i­nal cas­es against free­lance jour­nal­ists Iry­na Char­ni­au­ka and Ali­ak­san­dr Kirke­vich appeared on the offi­cial Telegram chan­nel of the Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee of Belarus.
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    Work call turns into police detention for ANTV’s Anton Kazelski

      Details have emerged about the deten­tion of Anton Kazel­s­ki, a cam­era­man for All-Nation­al TV, whose tri­al began in Min­sk on May 20.

    Solidarity across Europe. EFJ Congress expresses support for Belarusian journalists behind bars

    Par­tic­i­pants of the Euro­pean Fed­er­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists Con­gress – lead­ers and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of jour­nal­ists’ unions and asso­ci­a­tions from all over the region – took part in an action in sol­i­dar­i­ty with media rep­re­sen­ta­tives in Belaru­sian pris­ons and Ukrain­ian jour­nal­ists in Russ­ian cap­tiv­i­ty.
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