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Police arrests director of car business-related media outlet and threatens its owners
October 31, 2023
Andrzej Poczobut stays in segregation without medication
October 27, 2023
IFJ calls on journalists to respect the professional principles of the Global Ethics Charter
Unverified information, unsourced videos and images from social networks: the war between Hamas and Israel is also a war of communication. The IFJ, the world's leading professional organisation of journalists, reiterates that the professional principles of journalists must be absolutely respected. The duty is to provide information in the public interest.
October 20, 2023
Convicted freelance videographer Pavel Padabed labeled “extremist”
October 19, 2023
Blogger Dzmitry Selviastruk recognized as political prisoner
On 17 October, the Belarusian human rights community declared him a political prisoner. Sports blogger and journalist Dzmitry Selviastruk has been in jail since May.
October 18, 2023
Incommunicado: Isolation and Ill-Treatment of Political Prisoners in Belarus. October 26
October 18, 2023
Pavel Mazheika’s sentence upheld. He is to be transferred to correctional facility soon
October 18, 2023
Andrei Tolchyn accused of harming Belarus’ national security
The reason for detaining former freelance journalist and democratic activist Andrei Tolchyn in Homel has been revealed. He has been accused of violating Part 1 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code, which relates to encouraging actions that harm the national security of Belarus.
October 16, 2023
Andrei Aliaksandrau’s poem recited in English: Solidarity action marks 1000 days of journalist’s imprisonment
Although the Belarusian government tries to suppress information about political prisoners, the attempts are unsuccessful. Andrei Aliaksandrau has not been forgotten despite being isolated from the external world. On the thousandth day of the media manager's imprisonment, Index on Censorship launched an inspiring solidarity campaign.
October 09, 2023
Andrei Tolchyn moved to pre-trial detention
October 05, 2023
Larysa Shchyrakova transferred to Homel women’s correctional facility
October 03, 2023
Homel videographer Andrei Tolchyn detained for 72 hours
September 27, 2023
Vyachaslau Lazarau has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison, while his wife, Tatsiana Pytsko, has received a three-year sentence
September 25, 2023
Belarusian propagandist attempts to infiltrate democratic milieux in Vilnius and Warsaw
Herman Napolski regularly attends press conferences and official events and is familiar to Belarusian journalists.
September 21, 2023
Formerly imprisoned journalist Siarhei Hardzievich detained at border crossing
September 19, 2023
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