BAJ Appeals to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression

BAJ calls on the Spe­cial Rap­por­teur to request expla­na­tions from Belaru­sian author­i­ties regard­ing the recent beat­ing of the cor­re­spon­dent by police offi­cers in the build­ing of court. BAJ insists that the jour­nal­ist per­formed his pro­fes­sion­al duties, and his pro­fes­sion­al and cit­i­zen rights were vio­lat­ed.

In a sep­a­rate urgent appeal BAJ asks to clar­i­fy the grounds for admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tion under arti­cle 22.9 against Larysa Shyrako­va and Kas­tus Zhuk­ous­ki, and calls on the Spe­cial Rap­por­teur to urge to put an end to the pros­e­cu­tion of jour­nal­ists for their work.