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Aksana Kolb sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom restriction and released from courtroom
TUT.BY freelance photographer Yauhen Yerchak detained in Minsk on unknown grounds
Two journalists recognized as political prisoners
RFE/RL Freelancer Kuznechyk handed six-year prison sentence in Belarus
Belarus sentences several activists as crackdown over dissent continues
Four belarusian journalists go on trial as Lukashenka’s crackdown continues
MINSK -- Four journalists from the banned BelaPAN news agency have gone on trial in Minsk as the Belarusian government continues to crack down on independent media following mass protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in August 2020 that handed victory to authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Orwell would be surprised: why journalists are jailed in Belarus. Online briefing
Jailed belarusian RFE/RL journalist transferred to penal colony
Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June
Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown
On May 26, in the village of Kryvichy (Iuje District), police detained journalist Ales Liubianchuk.
Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper “Belorusy i Rynok”
On 18 May, KGB officers detained Kanstantsin Zalatykh, director of the Belorusy i Rynok newspaper, Yulia Kakhno, a bookkeeper of the newspaper, and Andrei Aleksandrovich, Belorusy i Rynok editor-in-chief.
Journalist who photographed Russian military vehicles taken into custody
Journalist criminally detained in Baranavichy for sending photos to ‘extremist media’
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.
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