Free them all! Solidarity action held in Vilnius for imprisoned Belarusian journalists

Twen­ty-two media rep­re­sen­ta­tives remain in Belaru­sian pris­ons for their work. Belaru­sian col­leagues in Vil­nius held a sol­i­dar­i­ty action ded­i­cat­ed to World Press Free­dom Day.

Sol­i­dar­i­ty action for impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists. Vil­nius, May 4, 2026. Pho­to: BAJ

“The sit­u­a­tion with free­dom of speech in Belarus remains the worst in Europe. Since the sweep­ing repres­sion that began in 2020, hun­dreds of Belaru­sian media work­ers have endured deten­tion, arrest, and per­se­cu­tion,” states BAJ’s dec­la­ra­tion.

“We are con­cerned that amid the wide­spread joy and atten­tion sur­round­ing the release of promi­nent fig­ures, those who remain behind bars may receive less notice, grad­u­al­ly fad­ing from pub­lic view.

The issue of jailed jour­nal­ists can­not be con­sid­ered resolved as long as even one per­son remains behind bars. On World Press Free­dom Day, we join col­leagues around the world in demand­ing the release of Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists.”

BAJ calls on col­leagues world­wide to sup­port the sol­i­dar­i­ty action! You can print por­traits of impris­oned col­leagues, pho­to­graph your­self with them at rec­og­niz­able loca­tions in your city (out­side Belarus), and post on social media with the tags #Free­dom­For­Jour­nal­ists and #BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist, and also send to us at office@baj.media or intercomm@baj.media.