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“You make people think and scare politicians.” RFE/RL Belarus 70th anniversary celebration held in Lithuanian Seimas
State media announces seizure of independent journalist’s apartment as “sanctions compensation”
Political prisoner and blogger Ihar Losik celebrates his third birthday behind bars
BAJ deputy chairman’s home searched in Belarus
CPJ urges Serbia to release Andrei Hniot and provide him with medical care
The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement calling on the Serbian authorities to immediately release Belarusian Andrei Hniot and not to extradite him to Belarus.
Valeria Kastsiuhova
Iryna Slaunikava
Maryna Zolatava
Katsiaryna Andreyeva
Katsiaryna Andreyeva, Belsat TV journalist, behind bars since 15 November 2020. On 15 November 2020, Katsiaryna Andreyeva (Bakhvalava) was arrested in an apartment on the Square of Change, from where she was broadcasting the protests for the Belsat TV channel. Ten SWAT officers broke the door and rushed inside ordering her to pack her things. Katsiaryna was […]
Pavel Seviarynets
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Andrei Aliaksandrau, journalist, behind bars since 12 January 2021. Friends lost contact with Andrei Aliaksandrau, 43, on 12 January 2021. Two days later, it emerged that Andrei and his partner Iryna Zlobina were arrested and charged with rioting. The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs said that they had financed the protesters, «including by paying their fines […]
Dzianis Ivashyn
Dzianis Ivashyn, volunteer editor of the InformNapalm international intelligence community and freelance correspondent of Novy Chas newspaper, was detained by KGB officers on 12 March 2021 in his apartment in Hrodna. The journalist has been charged with «obstructing the work of a policeman» and «high treason.» His family believes the detention is connected with Ivashyn’s investigation into the service […]
Larysa Shchyrakova
Larysa Shchyrakova, a former independent journalist from Homel, was detained on December 6. Later it became known that a criminal case was brought against her for «discrediting the Republic of Belarus.» Shchyrakova’s minor son was taken to a children’s shelter on the day of his mother’s arrest. His father, who lives in Russia, was able […]
“We are here to remind the public of Belarusian journalists behind bars, and of all Belarusian political prisoners in general.” Video report from solidarity action
International journalist organizations call for release of Andrei Hniot
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