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“I will murder you. I can do it today.” Journalists from Babruysk Clobbered and Tortured
Representatives of law-enforcement agencies brutally detained four independent journalists in Babruysk (Mahilou region) on August 10, 2020.
Three of them were detained next to the local pretrial detention center, where the relatives of the previously locked up Babruysk dwellers gathered and waited for court decisions.
The fourth journalist was taken into custody at his wife’s work place.
August 23, 2020
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BAJ demands to unblock websites, stop pressure on media, and ensure release of publications
August 22, 2020
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Journalists Union of Athens message of solidarity to BAJ
August 19, 2020
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Journalist Yauhen Nikalayevich: girls were beaten, humiliated, and stripped naked
On August 10, Yauhen Nikolayevich, a Media-Polesye reporter was detained while performing his professional duties. He was released on the night of August 16-17.
August 18, 2020
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Hospitalized Belarusian journalist Alena Scharbinskaya tells of beatings inside Minsk detention center
Alena Scharbinskaya, a correspondent with the independent satellite broadcaster Belsat TV, was among dozens of journalists detained last week in Belarus when protests erupted after the re-election of President Aleksandr Lukashenko, whose victory has been contested by many voters and the opposition. She was kept for three days in the now-infamous detention center known among locals as “Akrestsin,” the name of the Minsk street where it is located.
August 18, 2020
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Currently there are 2 journalists in custody
On Friday, 14 August, during a meeting with the Ministry of Information BAJ handed over the lists of detained journalists and insisted on their release. Recently, the majority of the detained and arrested journalists were released. However, the sentences that had been pronounced to them were not canceled, and they might be sent back to jail to serve their jail terms any time.
August 17, 2020
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Belsat journalist in hospital after three days at Akrestsina. She was beaten by a wardress
Now the journalist is looking for cellmates who may also have suffered from the wardress who beat the girls.
August 16, 2020
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Journalist Ivan Murauyou talks about his three days in detention
Today at 6.37 a.m. Ivan had tears of joy in his eyes, walking into his apartment building 21 Bedy Street after his release from Akrestsina detention center.
August 16, 2020
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Journalist Tatsiana Belashova: Akrestsina is a manmade hell
In the evening of May 10, Alena Shcharbinskaya, I, and another dozen people were loaded into a police van near Centralny police department, where we searched for information about our detained family members. Of course, the police did not explain, why they detained us.
August 16, 2020
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JOINT STATEMENT BY MEP Robert BIEDROŃ and MEP Petras AUŠTREVIČIUSOn
14 August, the Belarusian regime denied an entrance to Belarus for two Members of European Parliament:Robert BiedrońMEP (Poland, S&D), chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Belarus and Petras Auštrevičius MEP (Lithuania, Renew), the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Belarus.
August 14, 2020
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Repression targets journalists in Belarus: international community must respond
August 13, 2020
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IFJ General Secretary, Anthony Bellanger called Belarusian authorities stop crackdown media
August 13, 2020
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Two journalists are on hunger strike against illegal detention in Mahiliou prison
Uladzimir Laptsevich is on hunger strike for the 6th day. Zmitser Salauyou — for the 4th day. Leninski district court of Mahiliou found them guilty of disobeying police demands.
August 13, 2020
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Detentions of journalists in Belarus, August 12
On August 12, Belarusians continued to protest against the rigged election results. There was less police brutality on the streets, however, some journalists were detained.
August 13, 2020
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Journalists detained and beaten intentionally Stop the violence! LIST
Media representatives were attacked and detained in Minsk and other cities of Belarus on Tuesday, August 11.
The Belarusian Association of Journalists calls on the authorities to stop the violence.
August 12, 2020
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