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BAJ representative takes part in UN HRC’s 53rd session
Journalist Pavel Padabed sentenced to 4 years in prison
“We will continue until the repression stops. International Press Institute Launches Twitter Project on Belarus
Tatsiana Pytsko extends the list of media representatives behind bars in Belarus. Now it counts 34 journalists
Reform.by wins Free Media Awards
Tatsiana Pytsko prosecuted for helping her husband, videographer Viachaslau Lazarau
BAJ piece on dismissed state TV employees deemed “extremist”
The national list of “extremist materials” was updated by an article published by BAJ in March 2023. It is a story of how the state media management handles “disloyal” employees.
BAJ website censored in Russia
Ministry of Information cancels registration of Narodnaya Volya newspaper
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
The arrested employees of the Ranak TV channel have been charged with administrative offenses. They were accused of broadcasting “extremist” content. The court sentenced the arrested men to seven days of administrative detention, while the women were fined, Mediazona Belarus reported, citing the Homel chapter of the Viasna Human Rights Center.
Tatsiana Pytko, wife of imprisoned cameraman Viachaslau Lazarau, detained
The woman was arrested on June 6 and is currently in custody. Tatsiana and Viachaslau’s daughter, who is just over a year old, has been sent to a children’s hospital as there is no family or guardian nearby.
Lukashenka Pardons Russian Jailed After Forced Landing Of Commercial Flight
MINSK -- Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka has pardoned Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was serving a six-year prison term in Belarus on charges related to civil disturbances that followed a disputed 2020 presidential election.
Mother of imprisoned journalist Larysa Shchyrakova dies
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