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Defendants in BelaPAN case sentenced to 4 to 14 years of prison
On 6 October, the Minsk Regional Court announced the sentences for the four defendants in the case of the BelaPAN independent news agency. Political prisoners will have to spend the next few years behind bars.
KGB puts political prisoner Andrei Pachobut on “terrorist list”
Ex-state media journalist Dzmitry Semchanka sentenced to 13 more days of arrest
Journalist Ksenia Lutskina sentenced to 8 years in prison
Belarusian RFE/RL Journalist Released From Penal Colony, Arrives In Lithuania
Journalist Pavel Mazheika recognized as political prisoner
“Espionage”. Supreme Court changed wording in Katsiaryna Andreyeva’s case while uphelding the verdict
Bobruisky Kurier chief editor Anatol Sanatsenka detained
Remembrance Day for Fallen Journalists of Ukraine marked by exhibition presenting work of media workers during the war in Vilnius
Help for the family of Denis Ivashin, a journalist on trial for “treason against the state”
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Journalist Jauhen Merkis is in detention, searches are underway in connection with his criminal case
Belarus: Journalist Denis Ivashin shockingly sentenced to 13 years in prison
The Grodno Regional Court sentenced, on Wednesday 14 September, the Belarusian journalist Denis Ivashin to 13 years and one month in prison. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) join their affiliate in Belarus, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), in denouncing this travesty of justice and demanding his immediate release.
Help for the family of Denis Ivashin, a journalist on trial for “treason against the state”
BAJ reached out to UN Special Rapporteur regarding Dzianis Ivashyn’s case
In a letter to the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the Belarusian Association of Journalists told the officer about the gross violation of the right to freedom of expression of Belarusian journalist Dzianis Ivashyn. BAJ hopes for an immediate reaction from the UN Human Rights Council.
Imprisoned journalist Pavel Mazheika’s personal website launched on International Day of Solidarity of Journalists
Belsat journalist Darya Chultsova released after two years in penal colony
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