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Two more exiled Belarusians report property seizures back home
Two high-profile Belarusians, blogger Vadzim Yermashuk (known as Vadimati) and journalist Maria Bulavinskaya, have faced property seizures as part of ongoing repression targeting dissidents.
January 21, 2025
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In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists
China, Israel, and Myanmar emerged as the world’s three worst offenders in another record-setting year for journalists jailed because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2024 prison census has found. Belarus and Russia rounded out the top five, with CPJ documenting its second-highest number of journalists behind bars – a global total of […]
January 17, 2025
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Press conference by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
We invite you to a press conference by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, which will take place on January 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM in Vilnius.
January 16, 2025
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Pro-government TV journalists recorded an “interview” with the politically imprisoned journalist Ihar Karnei
The pro-government TV channel ONT continues its series of broadcasts “about employees of the American media”. After the episodes about Andrei Kuznechyk and Ihar Losik, the propagandists announced a video featuring freelance journalist Ihar Karnei. It will be aired on the evening of January 16.
January 16, 2025
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ONT announced a program featuring the politically imprisoned blogger Ihar Losik
Blogger Ihar Losik appeared for 20 seconds in the propaganda TV show “about employees of the American media,” which was broadcast on ONT on January 14, 2025. Like journalist Andrei Kuznechyk, he was brought to the KGB detention center specifically for this “interview”. The government-controlled TV station announced a “conversation” with Losik for January 15.
January 15, 2025
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BT featured the politically imprisoned journalist from “Radio Svaboda” Andrei Kuznechyk
The ONT TV channel announced a new propaganda film “about employees of American media”. The trailer included footage of the imprisoned journalist Andrei Kuznechyk, noted Nasha Niva.
January 14, 2025
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Photographs of Vitsebsk journalists appear on police “wanted” posters
Photographs of Vitsebsk journalists Alena Shabunia, Aliaksandr Kornyshau, and human rights activist Pavel Levinau have appeared on police posters listing individuals wanted “for committing crimes.”
January 10, 2025
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BAJ initiates monitoring of pro-Russian and anti-Western bias in Belarusian state TV
The primary goal of this monitoring effort is to confirm or refute the hypothesis that during the so-called 2025 presidential “election,” Belarusian state-run television channels are shaping their media narrative under the influence of the “Russian World” ideology and integrationist, anti-Western propaganda.
January 08, 2025
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Siarhei Chabotska, editor of Hrodna’s s13.ru, designated as political prisoner
The Belarusian human rights community made a corresponding statement on December 28. Siarhei Chabotska, the owner and editor of the Hrodna-based s13.ru media website, has been detained for more than two months.
January 01, 2025
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Happy New Year!
Dear colleagues, we sincerely wish you a Happy New Year! May this day serve as a reminder for all of us that even in the darkest times, a light emerges to guide us toward hope, love, and kindness. We wish that, apart from new challenges, 2025 brings you good news, which we all so greatly […]
January 01, 2025
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Persecution of Belarusian journalists and media in 2024, in figures
In 2024, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) documented extensive repression within the media sector. A notable trend was the rise of “silent repressions,” where law enforcement pressured victims into keeping their persecution confidential.
December 26, 2024
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Results of the BAJ Study “Situation and Needs of Belarusian Media Representatives”
The study shows that in addition to political pressure from professional activities, media workers are also affected by other factors, such as lack of adequate access to health care or struggles with finding sustainable employment.
December 24, 2024
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Where are they now?
Remembering persecuted colleagues from the Belarus Association of Journalists in dire need of support.
December 23, 2024
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Media organisations in solidarity with journalists and media in Georgia
Faced with violence, threats, detentions, equipment destruction and seizure, journalists in Georgia are entering what is supposed to be a festive period with uncertainty and fear for their safety. Solidarity and support is needed now more than ever.
December 20, 2024
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“We are shocked”: British and German embassies condemn new wave of journalist arrests in Belarus
The number of known cases of detention of media workers in Belarus has risen sharply to 45 people. Just last week, it was announced that journalists from two more regional publications had been detained.
December 19, 2024
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