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    On Belarusian Freedom Day, Belarusian diaspora in Spain joined Solidarity Marathon

    Journalist Ihar Karnei recognized as political prisoner

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    CPJ calls for the immediate release of journalist Andrei Tolchyn

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    Ihar Karnei’s sentence: 3 years in prison and $6,000 fine

    Free­lance jour­nal­ist Ihar Karnei has been sen­tenced to three years in prison by Judge Siarhei Kat­sar of the Min­sk City Court. He was found guilty of par­tic­i­pat­ing in an extrem­ist group.
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    Videographer Andrei Tolchyn sentenced to two and a half years in prison

    Two-and-a-half years’ impris­on­ment in a penal colony – this sen­tence was hand­ed down on March 21 by Homel Region­al Court judge Dzmit­ry Kazlou, who has repeat­ed­ly tried res­i­dents of the Homel Region in polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed crim­i­nal cas­es.
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    Ihar Karnei to be tried today for being member of ‘extremist formation’

    The tri­al start­ed at 10 am today in the Min­sk City Court, presided over by Judge Siarhei Kat­sar. Diplo­mats of the EU, Aus­tria, the Nether­lands, Slo­va­kia, Swe­den, Ger­many, Poland, and the UK were at the court build­ing today in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the jour­nal­ist. In its state­ment, the EU Mis­sion in Belarus said that “the EU […]

    Iryna Leushyna’s words quoted at Echoing the Voices of Women action in Malmö

    At the begin­ning of March, the Malmö Art Muse­um com­mem­o­rat­ed impris­oned female jour­nal­ists from Belarus as part of the Echo­ing the Voic­es of Women action. With the sup­port of the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, Malmö PEN told the sto­ry of nine media women who are cur­rent­ly impris­oned and also read quotes from the final state­ment […]
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    Iryna Leushyna’s words quoted at Echoing the Voices of Women action in Malmö

    At the begin­ning of March, the Malmö Art Muse­um com­mem­o­rat­ed impris­oned female jour­nal­ists from Belarus as part of the Echo­ing the Voic­es of Women action. With the sup­port of the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, Malmö PEN told the sto­ry of nine media women who are cur­rent­ly impris­oned and also read quotes from the final state­ment […]
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    Special proceedings initiated against journalist Uladzimir Khilmanovich

    Jour­nal­ist and human rights activist Uladz­imir Khilmanovich has been accused of pro­mot­ing extrem­ist activ­i­ty. He was sum­moned to Hrod­na Region­al Depart­ment of the Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee.
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    Journalist Ihar Kazmerchak to be tried in absentia

    The edi­tor of the inde­pen­dent web­site Orsha.eu has been accused of pro­mot­ing extrem­ist activ­i­ties and insult­ing Ali­ak­san­dr Lukashen­ka. The Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee has ini­ti­at­ed spe­cial pro­ceed­ings against him. The accu­sa­tion was report­ed on March 14 by the telegram chan­nel Spe­cial Pro­ceed­ings. Offi­cial­ly.
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    Blogger Aliaksandr Ihnatsiuk to be tried on March 15. Extremist charges dropped, while new accusations appear

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    Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy dismissed from position of Belsat TV director

    The for­mer head of the inde­pen­dent TV chan­nel report­ed this on her Face­book page.
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    Blogger Aliaksandr Ihnatsiuk accused of promoting extremist activities, blackmail, and defamation

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    Court announces liquidation of BelaPAN

    The prosecutor’s office of the Per­shamais­ki Dis­trict of Min­sk filed a claim for liq­ui­da­tion of Bela­PAN. The eco­nom­ic court sat­is­fied it. The deci­sion has already come into force.
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    “I can’t believe it.” Belsat TV director announces huge cuts in channel’s budget

    Agniesz­ka Romaszews­ka-Guzy, Direc­tor of Bel­sat, stat­ed that the TV channel’s bud­get was reduced by almost 50%. She empha­sized that no insti­tu­tion could endure such a sig­nif­i­cant reduc­tion.
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