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Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Prison Terms For Belarusian Activists Considered Political Prisoners
MINSK -- The prosecutor at the trial of two activists in Belarus -- Valeryya Kastsyuhova and Tatsyana Kuzina -- has asked a court in Minsk to convict the two women and sentence them to 10 years in prison each as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent under authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
March 06, 2023
Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
March 03, 2023
Convicted journalist Iryna Slaunikava’s vision deteriorated
March 02, 2023
Andrzej Poczobut placed in solitary confinement
Journalist Andrzej Poczobut was previously sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.
March 02, 2023
Independent Belarusian journalist based in US wanted in Belarus
March 02, 2023
Convicted journalist Ihar Losik summoned to Baranavichy court
March 02, 2023
Imprisoned journalist Dzianis Ivashyn’s location unknown
March 01, 2023
BAJ joined the action in memory of journalists who died in the war in Ukraine
February 24, 2023
Journalist Alexander Ivulin is free!
February 23, 2023
IFJ suspends Russian union
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today suspended the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) from membership following a vote of the Federation’s global Executive Committee.
February 23, 2023
Ex-press.by texts declared extremist
Viasna HRC reported that the prosecutor of the Barysau District filed a petition to the court to recognize the information products posted on the ex-press.by website as extremist.
February 21, 2023
Another verdict for media worker: Yury Hladchuk handed 2.5‑year sentence
February 21, 2023
Propaganda and desinformation in Belarus
February 20, 2023
Intex-Press reporter detained after interrogation
An Intex-Press Publishing House staff member was detained for 72 hours.
February 16, 2023
“Trivial revenge and desire to demonstrate their control.” Yan Rudzik comments on trial
February 16, 2023
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