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Detained journalists of Belsat TV and RFE/RL, Tatsiana Kuzina and Valeryia Kastsiuhova are new political prisoners
Naša Niva workers said to be in detention on suspicion of causing “damage without theft”
Minsk, 19 July. Three detained representatives of the popular online publication Naša Niva – Editor in Chief Jahor Marcinovič; Andrej Skurko, head of the advertising department; and Andrej Dyńko, editor in chief of the historical magazine Naša Historyja (Our History) – have been arrested for 72 hours as suspects in proceedings under Part Two of the Criminal Code’s Article 216, which penalizes “damage without theft.”
Sixty-three searches conducted at journalists’ homes, newsrooms in less than two weeks
Minsk, 19 July. Sixty-three searches were conducted by law enforcement officers at journalists’ homes and newsrooms in the past 10 days, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported on Sunday.
Journalists targeted in raids on Friday, arrests reported
Multiple journalists and prominent news organizations were targeted in raids on Friday as the government’s crackdown on the independent media showed no signs of abating.
Massive attack by the authorities on human rights defenders and NGOs
Viasna and other human rights defenders in Belarus under attack.
Nasha Niva journalists are political prisoners
Situation in the media sphere in Belarus, July 13 / Press Conference
Detained Nasha Niva staff stays in custody after initial 72 hours
Nasha Niva team members — its chief editor Yahor Martsinovich, chief editor of Nasha Historia magazine Andrei Dynko, head of NN advertising and marketing department Andrei Skurko and its accountant Volha Rakovich — have not been released within 72 hours since their arrest, reports BelaPAN news agency.
Important! NN chief editor beaten during detention
Nasha Niva editor-in-chief Yahor Martsinovich was beaten during the detention, and received a head injury, reported in the editorial office of NN.
FIDH and Viasna condemn new attacks on independent media threatening the liberty of expression in Belarus
Sports journalist Ivulin charged with criminal offense
Journalists targeted by raids for second consecutive day UPDATED
Raids targeting journalists continued for a second day in Belarus on Friday.
Journalists and media searched and detained all over country
The authorities raided the homes and offices and detained my regional journalists yesterday.
Stop crackdown on Belarus independent media
Authorities block Naša Niva’s website, arrest its editor in chief UPDATED
Minsk, 8 July. Belarus’ authorities on Thursday blocked access to Naša Niva’s website and made arrests and conducted raids in what appeared to be a crackdown on the popular independent online publication.
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