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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
Valeria Kastsiuhova
Iryna Slaunikava
Iryna Slaunikava, journalist for TVP, behind bars since 30 October 2021 Polish TVP journalist and former Belsat staff member Iryna Slaunikava and her husband were detained at the Minsk airport upon return from vacation on 30 November 2021. She spent 30 days in detention for allegedly storing «extremist content» and «disorderly conduct.» It later became […]
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
Pavel Seviarynets, opposition politician, writer, BAJ member. Pavel Seviarynets is an opposition politician and a co-founder of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. He was arrested on June 7, 2020. After that, he was sentenced to at least three terms of detention, 15 days each, for participating in election pickets and calls to participate in mass events. […]
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Dzianis Ivashyn
Larysa Shchyrakova
“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
Media Freedom Rapid Response partner organizations have called on Serbian authorities to release Belarusian activist and journalist Andrei Hniot.
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