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Supreme Court didn’t allow BAJ’s appeal against Justice Ministry’s warning. Next session is scheduled for August 27
August 23, 2021
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Human rights defenders call to release BelaPAN employees
August 20, 2021
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Minsk: Several defendants in so called Press Club Belarus case at liberty
According to our own information, Yuliya Slutskaya, the founder of Press Club Belarus, its directors Syarhei Alsheuski and Ala Sharko, cameraman Pyotr Slutski have been released from pre-trial detention centre Nr 1 in Minsk.
August 20, 2021
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BAJ outraged by security forces interfering in the work of BelaPAN
The Belarusian Association of Journalists is outraged by another act of severe pressure on independent media. On August 18, the office of BelaPAN news agency and the apartments of its employees were searched as part of a criminal case.
Access to the company's website is blocked.
August 18, 2021
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BelaPAN staff searched and interrogated Accountant, director and former director of the news agency have been detained
BelaPAN news agency staff were raided in the morning of August 18. Two people were detained and placed in the detention center
BelaPAN website can't be reached at belapan.by and belapan.com both from Belarus and abroad.
August 18, 2021
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Judge slaps “extremist” label on tut.by, one more site linked to tut.by team
Minsk, 13 August. A judge of the Centraĺny District Court in Minsk on Friday applied an “extremist” label to tut.by, Belarus’ most popular independent news portal, and zerkalo.io, a website launched last month by some members of the tut.by team.
August 13, 2021
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Supreme Court postpones hearing on closure of Belarusian Association of Journalists
The Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Justice to liquidate BAJ to August 27 as BAJ had appealed against the Ministry's warning, the formal reason to ask for the shut down of BAJ.
August 11, 2021
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Belarusian PEN Center liquidated by Supreme Court
Minsk, 9 August. Judge Hanna Sakaloŭskaja of the Supreme Court of Belarus on Monday ordered the Belarusian PEN Center liquidated at the request of the justice ministry, according to the organization’s deputy chairperson, Tacciana Niadbaj.
August 10, 2021
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Figures of the year. Unprecedented repressions against journalists since August 2020
BAJ presents data on an unprecedented wave of repression against the media in Belarus.
August 09, 2021
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Novy Čas photojournalist Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ sentenced to 15 days in jail
Minsk, 5 August. Dzmitryj Dzmitryjeŭ, a photojournalist with the newspaper Novy Čas, was sentenced to 15 days in jail on Thursday on a charge of disobeying police orders, reported the publication.
August 06, 2021
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Journalist Siarhiej Hardzijevič given 18-month prison sentence
Minsk, 2 August. Siarhiej Hardzijevič, a reporter with the website Pieršy Rehijon that covers local news in the Brest region, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in a minimum-security correctional institution for allegedly insulting and defaming Aliaksandr Lukašenka, as well as insulting two police officers in a Telegram chat, reported Pieršy Rehijon.
August 03, 2021
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BAJ received letter from Supreme Court with date of preliminary hearing on liquidation of BAJ
On July 30, BAJ received a letter from the Supreme Court with the date of the preliminary hearing on the liquidation of BAJ.
July 30, 2021
105
Detained Naša Niva journalist Andrej Skurko diagnosed with pneumonia
Andrej Skurko, head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, has been diagnosed with pneumonia.
July 29, 2021
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Detained Naša Niva employee Andrej Skurko is thought to have COVID-19
Minsk, 27 July. Andrej Skurko, head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, has been admitted to the medical unit of Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Minsk with “structural changes to the lungs” and suspected COVID-19.
July 28, 2021
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Website run by Belsat TV, its Telegram channel and sites on social media services declared extremist
Minsk, 27 July. The news website run by Belsat TV, its Telegram channel and its sites on Facebook, VKontakte and Instagram have been declared extremist in Belarus.
July 28, 2021
71
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