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    Three journalists jailed on criminal charges. We demand their immediate release!

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    Daria Chultsova remains in custody. Assumable, a criminal charges

    Belsat camerawoman Daria Chultsova was not released after 7 days of arrest. On November 15, she worked with another Belsat journalist, Katsyaryna Andreeva, streaming from "Square of Changes". They were detained and judged together on the same day. Both were given 7 days of arrest.

    BAJ demands the immediate release of TUT.BY reporter Katsiaryna Barysevich!

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    Prosecutor General’s office investigates into publicising of Bandarenka’s medical data. TUT.BY journalist sent to KGB detention center

    The Prosecutor General's office announced the initiation of a criminal case due to "disclosure of medical secrets" and "providing false information" on the death of Raman Bandarenka. Its press service reported, "the suspects have been detained." Security forces came for TUT.BY journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich, who wrote about Raman Bandarenka.

    E‑NEWSLETTER 3 (62) 2020. MASS MEDIA DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND IN THE POST-ELECTION PERIOD

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    Altogether, Belarusian journalists have already spent 900 days behind the bars this year

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    BAJ wins the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award. Andrei Bastunets’ speech

    BAJ receives Canada-UK Media Freedom Award  This was announced during the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020. In his remarks, Andrei Bastunets, chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, stressed that the Award reflects the high opinion of the work of Belarusian journalists who are now working in extremely difficult conditions. During the ceremony, Dominic Raab, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the UK, pointed out that the Award is a fitting tribute to courage, sacrifice and determination of Belarusian journalists. Below are BAJ acceptance remarks during the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020.
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    BAJ won the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award

    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the awarding of the First Canada-UK Media Freedom Award to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). BAJ was nominated for the award by the EFJ and International Media Support (IMS).
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    23 journalists detained on November 15. Updated

    On November 15, the people of Belarus held protests and actions in memory of Raman Bandarenka, killed by unknown people in plain clothes. People in Minsk, regional centers and small towns took to the streets. In Minsk, the police did not allow people to gather on the central streets. Thousands of people came to the Square of Change (the popular name of the neighborhood, whose residents actively participate in the protests) in Minsk, where Raman Bandarenka had been killed. The drivers supported the protesters by honking their car horns. In the evening, the police surrounded the block and attacked the protesters using special weapons, many were taken away in police trucks. People were grabbed and beaten even in the nearby store. Police detained journalists covering teh protests in Minsk, Vitebsk, Hrodna and Pinsk. We know of 23 detentions of journalists.

    Belarusian Association of Journalists strongly protests against capture of Narodnaya Volia print run STATEMENT

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    Police search the house of Hazeta Slonimskaya founder

    In Slonim, investigators came with a search warrant to the founder of the independent Hazeta Slonimaskaya newspaper Hanna Valadashchuk.
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    Police seizes journalist’s car

    On Saturday, freelance journalists Daria Chultsova and Ales Silich were detained. Silich was driving during detention. The police kept then in a cell of Partyzanski police department for three hours.
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    Nasta Zakharevich and Ilya Dabratvor detained in Minsk

    Journalist Nasta Zakharevich was detained in a flower shop near the GUM department store in Minsk. Previously, she was detained exactly 2 months ago and spent seven days behind bars.
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    Full support of European journalists to their colleagues in Belarus

    The online Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), attended today by 53 delegates from journalists’ unions and associations from 38 European countries, expressed its full support for Belarusian journalists in the face of repression.
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    Since August, 9 journalists have been detained 320 times in Belarus

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