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Sports journalists Ivulin, Pisarenka arrested in Minsk
Minsk, 3 June. Sports journalists Aliaksandr Ivulin and Jaraslaŭ Pisarenka were arrested in Minsk on Thursday, according to media reports.
Popular TV personality Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife questioned by financial police
Minsk, 3 June. Popular TV host, actor and singer Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife, Kaciaryna Rajeckaja, were questioned by officers of the State Control Committee’s Department for Financial Investigations on Wednesday.
Medicines not given to jailed Polish activist Andrzej Poczobut after alleged refusal to leave country
Andrzej Poczobut, a political prisoner and member of the Union of Poles in Belarus, is reportedly being deprived of necessary medicines behind bars.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges immediate and unconditional release of all detained journalists in Belarus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, urged today the public authorities in Belarus to free all journalists and other media workers who have been sentenced, arrested or detained in the country. Most of these journalists were apprehended for their reporting on public events and other political developments in the country, reports OSCE.
Tribuna journo Dzmitry Ruto, Hrodna.life editor Iryna Novik detained
On Tuesday morning, Belsat got information about more cases of apprehending Belarusian media workers.
Narodnaya Volya journalist jailed for 30 days
On May 28 police detained Hlafira Zhuk, a journalist from Minsk. Next evening, she was found in the Maskouski district police department, charged with violation of an Administrative Code. Later the journalist was transferred to Akrestsina detention center.
On May 31 Maskouski district court of Minsk sentenced Ms Zhuk to 30 days of jail.
Hrodna.life editor released before trial
Alyaksei Shota had his laptop, phone, three old hard drives, and a WRW umbrella taken away.
Journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich released from jail
TUT.BY journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich was released on Saturday, 29 May. According to her colleagues, the girl spent 15 days in the remand prison on Akrestsin Street but still was in a good mood.
Charges pressed against Sophia Sapega who had been detained with Pratasevich
Sofia Sapega has been charged under Article 130 part 3 of the Criminal Code - "incitement of racial, ethnic, religious or other social hatred or discord."
She is facing up to 12 years in prison.
Pratasevich’s lawyer files complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to see him
lawyer Inessa Alenskaya says she has no access to her client and insists on an urgent medical examination of Raman Pratasevich.
Belsat TV journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva transferred to penal colony in Homiel
A few days ago, journalist Ihar Ilyash, the husband of our imprisoned collegue Katsyaryna Andreyeva, was informed that his wife was transferred to the penal colony in Homiel, where she would serve the term.
Lukashenko signs mass media law amendments into law
Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a law that amends the legislation on mass media, BelTA has learned.
Report: Women journalists are frontline warriors at the protests and in prisons in Belarus
Amidst all these censorship and harassment tactics the women journalists are risking their lives when they cover the protests and report on the state’s atrocities from the frontlines. Many women journalists have been detained and forced to stay silent. In detentions, they suffer assaults at the hands of authorities. Some of the excruciating details of the tortures in these detention centers were also exposed by the women journalists.
TUT.BY employees are political prisoners. Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
Minsk: 15-day jail terms for Belsat TV support staff
On Monday, Tsentralny district court of Minsk started hearing the cases of Belsat TV support staff detained on May, 21.
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