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    Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges

    MINSK -- A jailed freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, is facing unspecified criminal charges, his relatives told RFE/RL on December 23.
    December 23, 2021
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    Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service As ‘Extremist’

    December 23, 2021
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    Journalist Andrei Kuznechyk still detained, his whereabouts unknown

    December 23, 2021
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    Lecturer detained at work at BSU journalism department

    December 17, 2021
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    EBU calls for all journalists imprisoned in Belarus to be released

    December 15, 2021
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    Ezhednevnik editor Siarhei Satsuk detained and taken into custody

    The Belarusian portal Ezhednevnik (ej.by) is blocked. Its editor, investigative journalist Siarhei Satsuk, was searched and interrogated by the Investigative Committee. It has been reported to the Belarusian Association of Journalists that Siarhei Satsuk was taken into custody after interrogation in the old case of accepting a bribe. He will be placed in pre-trial detention center #1 in Minsk.
    December 08, 2021
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    Belarusian Journalist’s Family Says He’s Still Waiting For His Release From Jail

    December 06, 2021
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    Winter in Belarus starts with massive searches

    Early in the morning of December 1, law enforcers searched human rights activists and journalists.
    December 01, 2021
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    Belarusian Journalist Jailed For 10 Days Amid Ongoing Media Crackdown

    A freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been sentenced to 10 days in jail on hooliganism charges as authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues his crackdown on independent media.
    December 01, 2021
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    BAJ wins National Prize of Ukraine for Protection of Freedom of Speech

    The Belarusian Association of Journalists has won the Ihor Lubchenko National Prize for the Protection of Freedom of Speech. This decision was made by the Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
    November 29, 2021
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    Belarusian Journalist Detained As Media Crackdown Continues

    A journalist who has worked for RFE/RL as a freelancer has been detained in Minsk, his wife said, amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media by the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
    November 26, 2021
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    Belarusian Media Under Threat: What to do and What Support is Needed? Discussion. November 25, registration

    November 22, 2021
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    BelaPAN editor-in-chief Iryna Leushyna and ex-director Dzmitry Navazhylau charged with “creating an extremist formation”

    BelaPAN was recognized as an “extremist formation” by the authorities on November 1.
    November 18, 2021
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    BelaPAN news agency recognized as extremist group

    November 12, 2021
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    Authorities invite Polish journalists to Belarus’ side of border to cover migrant crisis

    November 12, 2021
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