“We call for the restoration of press freedom”. Australian organizations show solidarity with jailed journalists from Belarus

“The MEAA nation­al sec­tion com­mit­tee approved a res­o­lu­tion sup­port­ing BAJ mem­bers who have been severe­ly mis­treat­ed by the author­i­ties and impris­oned,” as shared by alliance mem­bers on social media.

More­over, they demand­ed the imme­di­ate release of jour­nal­ists who were impris­oned and for the free­dom of the press to be rein­stat­ed.

The Marathon of Sol­i­dar­i­ty with impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists began in Vil­nius on May 3 with a joint effort between the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists and the Union of Jour­nal­ists of Lithua­nia.

Pre­vi­ous­ly, orga­ni­za­tions and foun­da­tions from Ger­many, Swe­den, Fin­land, Den­mark, and oth­er coun­tries have also par­tic­i­pat­ed in the action. Indi­vid­u­als, such as the US direc­tor Ernie Bar­barash, also took part.

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 (not in 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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