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Italy: Open letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in support of Roberto Saviano
On 15 November 2022, writer, journalist, and PEN award winner Roberto Saviano will stand trial in Rome on charges of defaming Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister and leader of Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots, over a speech that criticized the far-right leader after she said that NGO boats attempting to rescue refugees in the central Mediterranean should be sunk and migrants left adrift at sea. Saviano is being sued under Article 595 of the Italian Penal Code, which carries up to three years in prison.
November 09, 2022
Norwegian journalists express solidarity with Yauhen Merkis
November 09, 2022
Support for Politically Incarcerated Journalists Irina Levshina and Andrei Aleksandrov
October 31, 2022
Belarusian journalist Aliaksandr Lyubyanchuk sentenced to 3 years in prison
October 29, 2022
Journalist Ales Lubianchuk sentenced to 3 years in prison
October 27, 2022
Prosecutor asks for eight years of prison for Belarusian journalist Siarhei Satsuk
October 25, 2022
CJE leaves the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe because of the non-expulsion of Russia
October 24, 2022
Political prisoners Maryna Zolatava and Liudmila Chekina added to the “terrorist list”
The State Security Committee updated the list of “persons involved in terrorist activities.” Now it includes imprisoned TUT.BY journalists: editor-in-chief Maryna Zolatava and media outlet’s CEO Liudmila Chekina.
October 20, 2022
Wife Of Jailed RFE/RL Consultant In Belarus Reportedly Detained
October 18, 2022
TUT.BY journalists Volha Loika and Alena Talkachova added to “terrorist list”
October 14, 2022
Several state radio hosts fired in Homel over support of protesters
Homel City Radio has fired several radio hosts over allegedly supporting the 2020 protesters. The day before, their names appeared in a post on a pro-government Telegram channel.
October 13, 2022
Belarusian journalists detained, forced to make ‘confession’ videos
October 13, 2022
UN experts call for immediate release of jailed Nobel winner and other rights defenders in Belarus
GENEVA (10 October 2022) - UN experts* today reiterated calls for the release of Ales Bialiatski after the Nobel Committee’s decision to symbolically award him the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for his fearless work promoting human rights in Belarus.
October 11, 2022
Police-affiliated Telegram channel published video of detained journalists Aliaksandr Lychauka and Sniazhana Inanets
October 07, 2022
Ales Bialiatski becomes Nobel Peace Prize laureate
October 07, 2022
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