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    Liubou Luniova: “A government afraid of freedom instinctively reaches for the baton”

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.
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    Editor of S13 news portal sentenced to 3.5 years for “extremism” and “defamation” of Lukashenka

    The Hrod­na Region­al Court has sen­tenced Siarhei Chabot­s­ka, edi­tor of the local news por­tal s13.ru, to three years and six months in prison, along with a large fine.
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    Viktar Marchuk: “Digital technology can replace paper, but nothing can replace trust.”

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.

    Justice for Journalists: Over 100 Media Workers Behind Bars in Russia and Belarus; 89 Arrested in Absentia

    On the eve of the Inter­na­tion­al Day to End Impuni­ty for Crimes Against Jour­nal­ists, the grim sta­tis­tics sees 103 media work­ers in Russ­ian and Belaru­sian pris­ons and penal colonies. Their com­bined sen­tence is over 740 years.

    France’s major media outlets support imprisoned Belarusian journalists

    A group of inde­pen­dent Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists in exile vis­it­ed France and held sev­er­al sol­i­dar­i­ty events in sup­port of their impris­oned col­leagues.
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    Belarusian journalists in Paris: Meetings, exchange, and a solidarity action

    At the end of Octo­ber, a del­e­ga­tion of Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists vis­it­ed Paris. As part of the work­ing trip, they met with edi­to­r­i­al teams of lead­ing French media out­lets and took part in sol­i­dar­i­ty actions in sup­port of impris­oned jour­nal­ists cur­rent­ly behind bars in Belarus.
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    Maksim Zhbankou: Life, just life — traumatically beautiful

    This inter­view is part of the col­lec­tion “Voice of the Free­dom Gen­er­a­tion”, a liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny to the cre­ative and civic pres­ence of those who have not lost their voice even in exile.
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    Former Director of Belorusy i Rynok Kanstantsin Zalatykh released from prison

    The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists has learned that for­mer direc­tor of the inde­pen­dent eco­nom­ic news­pa­per Belorusy i Rynok, Kanstantsin Zalatykh, was released on Octo­ber 23 after serv­ing his full prison term.

    Truth or dare? How work in exile changes journalism – and how to cope with

    Jour­nal­ists in exile – should they talk or act, and are they able to stay objec­tive or inevitably turn­ing into activists? – this ques­tion is enough to spark a dis­cus­sion. We pro­pose to start it from the expe­ri­ence of Belarus, who has a large ecosys­tem of media in exile, and expand on a broad­er con­text.
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    Andrzej Poczobut awarded the Sakharov Prize

    Belaru­sian jour­nal­ist Andrzej Poc­zobut has received the Euro­pean Parliament’s Sakharov Prize, along­side impris­oned Geor­gian jour­nal­ist Mzia Ama­glo­beli.
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    Journalist Pavel Dabravolski accused of treason

    Pavel Dabravol­s­ki, a jour­nal­ist detained in the Com­mit­tee for State Secu­ri­ty (KGB) jail, has been accused of high trea­son in con­nec­tion with his pro­fes­sion­al activ­i­ties and may face up to 15 years’ impris­on­ment.
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    Former Media-Polesye journalist released from prison

    Yauhen Nikalayevich has ful­ly served his sen­tence of one and a half years for alleged­ly par­tic­i­pat­ing in the 2020 protests, although in real­i­ty, he was sim­ply per­form­ing his pro­fes­sion­al duties as a jour­nal­ist.

    The European Press Prize 2026 is officially open for entries

    From now until 14 Decem­ber 2025, jour­nal­ists from across Europe — all 46 Coun­cil of Europe coun­tries, plus Belarus and Rus­sia — are invit­ed to sub­mit their best work.
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    No calls, No letters: Dzianis Ivashin cut off from the outside world for months

    On Octo­ber 6, the fam­i­ly of impris­oned jour­nal­ist Dzia­n­is Ivashyn final­ly received post­cards from him — the first in more than a month of silence. All cor­re­spon­dence except with close rel­a­tives is for­bid­den.
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    Andrzej Poczobut placed in SHU again for six months

    Accord­ing to infor­ma­tion avail­able to the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, polit­i­cal pris­on­er and jour­nal­ist Andrzej Poc­zobut was placed in a SHU (secure hous­ing unit) on August 23 for six months, until Feb­ru­ary 2026.
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