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Ales Bialiatski becomes Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Human rights activist and political prisoner Ales Bialiatski has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize was also awarded to the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.
October 07, 2022
CPJ condemns Belarus ‘witch hunt’ after three BelaPAN journalists sentenced to lengthy prison terms
October 07, 2022
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.
October 06, 2022
KGB puts political prisoner Andrei Pachobut on “terrorist list”
October 06, 2022
Ex-state media journalist Dzmitry Semchanka sentenced to 13 more days of arrest
On 3 October, the Frunzenski District Court of Minsk sentenced a former All-National TV political observer and former head of the “presidential pool” of journalists to another round of administrative arrest.
October 04, 2022
Journalist Ksenia Lutskina sentenced to 8 years in prison
Judge Tatsiana Falkouskaya passed the verdict today.
September 28, 2022
Belarusian RFE/RL Journalist Released From Penal Colony, Arrives In Lithuania
September 22, 2022
Journalist Pavel Mazheika recognized as political prisoner
September 20, 2022
“Espionage”. Supreme Court changed wording in Katsiaryna Andreyeva’s case while uphelding the verdict
September 20, 2022
Bobruisky Kurier chief editor Anatol Sanatsenka detained
September 19, 2022
Remembrance Day for Fallen Journalists of Ukraine marked by exhibition presenting work of media workers during the war in Vilnius
September 16, 2022
Help for the family of Denis Ivashin, a journalist on trial for “treason against the state”
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September 15, 2022
Journalist Jauhen Merkis is in detention, searches are underway in connection with his criminal case
September 15, 2022
Belarus: Journalist Denis Ivashin shockingly sentenced to 13 years in prison
September 14, 2022
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.
September 13, 2022
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