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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
The website, social media pages and logo of the Belarusian Association of Journalists have been included in the national list of extremist content. It is noteworthy that the name of the public organization was misspelled in the decision.
    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
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”
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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