BAJ Chair to be questioned tomorrow in case of harm to national security

Bas­tunets is sum­moned to come at 10:00 am as a wit­ness in a crim­i­nal case, insti­gat­ed under Arti­cle 361 of the Crim­i­nal Code (calls to actions aimed at caus­ing harm to the nation­al secu­ri­ty of the Repub­lic of Belarus).

The chair­man of BAJ learned that from a phone call of the inves­ti­ga­tor. Andrei Bas­tunets has no idea of what this is about.

Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists is a vol­un­tary, non-gov­ern­men­tal, non-par­ti­san asso­ci­a­tion of cit­i­zens who are engaged in pro­fes­sion­al jour­nal­ism or con­tribute to its devel­op­ment. In recent months, BAJ is very much involved in sup­port­ing its mem­bers whose rights are mas­sive­ly vio­lat­ed.

Repressions against journalists in Belarus, 2020 (chart)