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Rehijanalnaja Hazeta’s editor-in-chief criminally charged and put in custody
Journalists Dzmitry Semchanka and Henadz Mazheika sentenced to 3 years in prison for inciting enmity
Help for the family of Sergei Satsuk, political prisoner investigative journalist
All-National TV anchor Dzmitry Semchanka’s trial starts today
Journalist Ihar Losik attempts suicide in jail
Political prisoner Ihar Losik attempted suicide in the correctional facility, as reported by the Viasna human rights center.
Two TUT.BY media workers sentenced to 12 years in prison, three more wanted
Infa-Kurier’s editor-in-chief and his deputy detained for 15 days for defying police
Valeryia Kastsiuhova and Tatsiana Kuzina sentenced to 10 years in prison
On 17 March, Minsk City Court supported the prosecutor's request and sentenced media expert Valeryia Kastsiuhova and public administration manager Tatsiana Kuzina to 10 years in a general-regime correctional facility. The trial was held behind closed doors.
Regional mass media representatives searched and detained
Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Prison Terms For Belarusian Activists Considered Political Prisoners
Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
Convicted journalist Iryna Slaunikava’s vision deteriorated
Iryna Slaunikava, convicted to 5 years imprisonment for allegedly “creating an extremist formation”, reported vision changes that she attributed to bad lighting in the pre-trial detention center where she had been kept. The workload in the sewing shop of the Homel women’s penitentiary only aggravates the situation. Aliaksandr Loika, Iryna’s husband said that convicted women work as virtually free seamstresses in prison. They have almost no free time because of work.
Andrzej Poczobut placed in solitary confinement
Journalist Andrzej Poczobut was previously sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment.
Independent Belarusian journalist based in US wanted in Belarus
Convicted journalist Ihar Losik summoned to Baranavichy court
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