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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.
Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner
BAJ awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 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.
Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief Novy Chas newspaper, was charged and transferred to prizon
April 22, Aksana Kolb's relatives reported that she was charged under Part 1 of Article. 342 of the Criminal Code - "Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them."
Aksana Kolb was transferred to a detention center in Minsk.
Aksana Kolb, editor of Novy Chas newspaper, detained for 10 days
“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.
BAJ joined the Perugia Declaration in support of Ukraine
Perugia Declaration for Ukraine – 9 April 2022
The International Journalism Festival and members and partners of the Global Forum for Media Development call for increased support of independent media and journalists in Ukraine.
#PerugiaDeclaration4Ukraine
Belsat journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva charged with treason
Prosecutor’s Office sends BelaPAN case to court
The case against journalists Andrei Aliaksandrau and Iryna Zlobina, as well as BelaPAN editor-in-chief and director Iryna Leushyna and former agency director Dzmitry Navazhylau, has been sent to court by the Minsk Prosecutor’s Office.
On taking urgent measures to restore international law and order and overcome the consequences of the international security catastrophe — open statement
PRNEWS.IO Took an Initiative to Support the Ukrainian Media
EU must provide emergency visas for Russian and Belarusian journalists fleeing repression
Yahor Martsinovich and Andrei Skurko sentenced to 2.5 years in prison
U.S. reporter Brent Renaud was shot and killed in Ukraine
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