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    Maryna Zolatava

    Mary­na Zolata­va, TUT.BY edi­tor-in-chief, behind bars since 18 May 2021 The per­ma­nent (since 2004) edi­tor-in-chief of TUT.BY, Mary­na Zolata­va, was arrest­ed on 18 May 2021 along with 14 oth­er defen­dants in the «TUT.BY case». She was accused of com­plic­i­ty in large-scale tax eva­sion. All in all, 15 TUT.BY staff mem­bers were remand­ed, includ­ing the edi­to­r­i­al staff, whose work is not con­nect­ed […]
    May 14, 2024
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    Katsiaryna Andreyeva

    May 14, 2024
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    Pavel Seviarynets

    May 14, 2024
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    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 […]
    May 14, 2024
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    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 […]
    May 14, 2024
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    Larysa Shchyrakova

    May 14, 2024
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    “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

    May 08, 2024
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    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.
    May 08, 2024
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    Aliaksandr Kornyshau’s parents’ house searched over his appearance in Belsat TV show

    May 02, 2024
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    “Stick to the truth, stick together!”

    “Stick to the truth, stick togeth­er!” The war against the media is glob­al, the threats are world­wide. On 3 May, BAJ and LUJ will once again remind us of the prob­lems that jour­nal­ists face in Belarus and around the world.
    May 01, 2024
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    Former journalist Aksana Yuchkavich sentenced to three years of home confinement

    The case of Catholic activist Aksana Yuchkavich was con­sid­ered in the Frun­zen­s­ki Dis­trict Court of Min­sk. She was sen­tenced to three years of home con­fine­ment and released in the court­room, reports Nasha Niva.
    April 29, 2024
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    Babruisk journalist Dzianis Nosau released after administrative detention

    April 26, 2024
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    Tatsiana Pytsko fined for distributing “extremist materials”

    April 26, 2024
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    CPJ сondemns seizure of domain names from independent media in Belarus

    April 24, 2024
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    Two years in prison and $36,700 fine for “cooperation” with Belsat TV

    On April 19, 2024, the Min­sk City Court sen­tenced Nas­tas­sia Mat­si­ash, alleged­ly an employ­ee of the Bel­sat TV chan­nel, for par­tic­i­pat­ing in an “extrem­ist for­ma­tion.”  Sudzia: Svy­at­lana Makare­vich.
    April 22, 2024
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