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Increased repression against the Belarusian Union of Journalists
The regime in Belarus has declared that the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) logo is an extremist symbol.
BAJ logo declared extremist
Ranak TV channel staff members detained and fined
Tatsiana Pytko, wife of imprisoned cameraman Viachaslau Lazarau, detained
Lukashenka Pardons Russian Jailed After Forced Landing Of Commercial Flight
Mother of imprisoned journalist Larysa Shchyrakova dies
Larysa Shchyrakova’s mother was 80 years old. She had a severe form of COVID-19 last year and suffered many complications. In her last months she could not move by herself and was bedridden. Larysa’s father, 88, took care of her, RFE/RL Belarus reported.
Homel journalist and local history expert Yauhen Merkis was sentenced to 4 years
Poland Puts Sanctions On 365 Belarusians Over Journalist’s Jailing
Businessman and publisher of Baranavichy newspaper Shag evacuated from Belarus
Belarusian Blogger Raman Pratasevich, Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison, Says He Was Pardoned
Over 100 Nobel Laureates join PEN International in support of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski
21 May: PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by 103 Nobel Laureates, expressing solidarity with writer, human rights defender, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and PEN member Ales Bialiatski, and condemning the Belarusian authorities’ brutal, relentless, and systematic crackdown on independent voices. Today marks the International Day of Solidarity with Prisoners of Conscience in Belarus. The solidarity action was featured in the Guardian.
MOST website and social media pages of its editor-in-chief declared “extremist formations”
MOST Media and its social media pages, as well as other projects and personal social media accounts of Hrodna journalist Ruslan Kulevich, have been declared “extremist formations” by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
25 books confiscated from journalist Dzianis Ivashyn ordered destroyed
When journalist Dzianis Ivashyn was arrested on March 12, 2021, his home was searched by KGB agents. As a result, several dozen books were confiscated. Today it became known that the court ordered the destruction of 25 titles.
May 21 is the Day of the Political prisoner in Belarus: show your solidarity! Updated with events schedule
Support for Pavel Belavus’s family
How much is needed? 15,000€ — The amount collected will go to pay for lawyers, as well as to buy the necessities of life and to cover household expenses for Pavel's family.
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