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Mother of imprisoned journalist Larysa Shchyrakova dies
June 07, 2023
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").
May 31, 2023
Poland Puts Sanctions On 365 Belarusians Over Journalist’s Jailing
May 30, 2023
Businessman and publisher of Baranavichy newspaper Shag evacuated from Belarus
May 24, 2023
Belarusian Blogger Raman Pratasevich, Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison, Says He Was Pardoned
May 22, 2023
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.
May 22, 2023
MOST website and social media pages of its editor-in-chief declared “extremist formations”
May 19, 2023
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 19, 2023
May 21 is the Day of the Political prisoner in Belarus: show your solidarity! Updated with events schedule
May 16, 2023
Support for Pavel Belavus’s family
May 11, 2023
Belarusian Opposition Blogger Klimovich Dies In Prison
May 10, 2023
Representatives of European journalistic unions spoke in support of their Belarusian colleagues on May 3
May 04, 2023
The website and social media pages of Intex-press, the most popular Baranavichy newspaper, were recognized as extremist
May 02, 2023
“I couldn’t even withdraw the money.” Belarusian journalists’ bank accounts still blocked in Ukraine
April 28, 2023
Belarusian journalists win action against Belarus
The UN Human Rights Committee considered a complaint of four Belarusian journalists and found Belarus guilty of violating their right to seek and impart information, enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
April 28, 2023
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