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Jailed belarusian RFE/RL journalist transferred to penal colony
May 30, 2022
Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June
May 27, 2022
Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown
May 27, 2022
Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
May 20, 2022
Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper «Belorusy i Rynok»
May 18, 2022
Journalist who photographed Russian military vehicles taken into custody
May 12, 2022
Journalist criminally detained in Baranavichy for sending photos to ‘extremist media’
A 23-year-old correspondent of Baranavichy-based Intex-Press has been criminally charged for facilitation of extremist activities (Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code), reports the pro-government Telegram channel ‘Obratnaya storona’.
May 06, 2022
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava accused of founding an extremist formation
Belarusian journalist Iryna Slaunikava has been in custody for six months. The former Belsat reporter and currently a staff member of Polish Television (TVP) is a political prisoner and will soon face trial. She is accused of committing crimes under two articles of the Criminal Code, informs Belsat.
April 29, 2022
Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner
April 29, 2022
BAJ awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022
April 27, 2022
Photographers to children.Charity sale of works by Ukrainian photographers. PHOTO
Bird in Flight magazine launches a charity sale of 74 works of Ukrainian photographers. Organized in partnership with the Peace for Art foundation, the sale is supported by the Ensemble Ukraine association. Raised funds will be transferred to the “Posmishka UA” organization in Zaporizhzhia, which supports orphans and families with children affected by the war. Currently, Zaporizhzhia hosts a lot of refugees from Mariupol — the city, which faces one of the gravest situations in Ukraine. Refugees had to flee Mariupol under constant shelling, with no food, water, and electricity.
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief Novy Chas newspaper, was charged and transferred to prizon
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor of Novy Chas newspaper, detained for 10 days
April 20, 2022
«Together we counteract propaganda and demand the release of political prisoners.» BAJ meets with European Federation of Journalists’ President
On April 12 in Vilnius, the European Federation of Journalists delegation met with the leaders of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Lithuanian and Estonian Unions of Journalists, and Ukrainian journalists.
The main purpose of the EFJ representatives' visit is to coordinate efforts to protect journalists and the media in our region in the face of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the intensification of repressions in Belarus.
April 13, 2022
BAJ joined the Perugia Declaration in support of Ukraine
April 10, 2022
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