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Ministry of Information cancels registration of Narodnaya Volya newspaper
Increased repression against the Belarusian Union of Journalists
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
Homel journalist and local history expert Yauhen Merkis was sentenced to 4 years
On May 30, the Homel Regional Court announced its verdict for journalist, historian, and local history expert Yauhen Merkis who received 4 years of imprisonment in a enhanced regime colony. Judge Aliaksei Khlyshchankou found Merkis guilty under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("Assistance to extremist activity"), as well as under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code ("Participation in extremist formation").
Poland Puts Sanctions On 365 Belarusians Over Journalist’s Jailing
Businessman and publisher of Baranavichy newspaper Shag evacuated from Belarus
This was reported by Andrei Stryzhak, head of the BYSOL Foundation, in his Telegram channel.
Belarusian Blogger Raman Pratasevich, Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison, Says He Was Pardoned
Raman Pratasevich, a former editor of an opposition Telegram channel who was handed a prison term earlier this month after the commercial flight he was on was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, told journalists on May 22 that he had received a pardon.
Over 100 Nobel Laureates join PEN International in support of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski
MOST website and social media pages of its editor-in-chief declared “extremist formations”
25 books confiscated from journalist Dzianis Ivashyn ordered destroyed
May 21 is the Day of the Political prisoner in Belarus: show your solidarity! Updated with events schedule
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