Bialystok: Keeping torch burning for imprisoned journalists

This time, jour­nal­ists Zoya Khrut­skaya, Yauhe­nia Douhaya, Iry­na Kupt­se­vich, Nas­ta Utk­i­na, poet Han­na Komar, and human rights activist – him­self a for­mer polit­i­cal pris­on­er – Leanid Sudalen­ka par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Sol­i­dar­i­ty Marathon. As per tra­di­tion, they held por­traits of jailed jour­nal­ists to sup­port their col­leagues.

“Join­ing the action was the least I could do to sup­port impris­oned jour­nal­ists,” Han­na Komar shared. “It’s cru­cial to know you’re remem­bered while in prison. And if you’re a jour­nal­ist with an essen­tial job for mil­lions of peo­ple, it’s impor­tant that at least some of those mil­lions show sol­i­dar­i­ty.”

The Sol­i­dar­i­ty Marathon was also held in Poland dur­ing the Tuta­ka fes­ti­val. The event atten­dees, includ­ing politi­cians, musi­cians, cul­tur­al fig­ures, and jour­nal­ists, took pic­tures with por­traits of incar­cer­at­ed jour­nal­ists.

BAJ calls on jour­nal­ists around the world to sup­port the sol­i­dar­i­ty action! You can print por­traits of impris­oned Belaru­sian media work­ers, take pic­tures with them in out­stand­ing places in your city (out­side Belarus) and post them on social media using the hash­tags #СвабодуЖурналістам and #BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist. Don’t for­get to send them to  office@baj.media or intercomm@baj.media.

#СвабодуЖурналістам

#BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist

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