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Italy: Open letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in support of Roberto Saviano
On 15 November 2022, writer, journalist, and PEN award winner Roberto Saviano will stand trial in Rome on charges of defaming Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister and leader of Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots, over a speech that criticized the far-right leader after she said that NGO boats attempting to rescue refugees in the central Mediterranean should be sunk and migrants left adrift at sea. Saviano is being sued under Article 595 of the Italian Penal Code, which carries up to three years in prison.
November 09, 2022
Norwegian journalists express solidarity with Yauhen Merkis
November 09, 2022
Support for Politically Incarcerated Journalists Irina Levshina and Andrei Aleksandrov
On October 6, 2022, the Minsk Regional Court handed down a verdict in the “BelaPAN case,” the oldest independent news agency in Belarus.
October 31, 2022
Belarusian journalist Aliaksandr Lyubyanchuk sentenced to 3 years in prison
October 29, 2022
Journalist Ales Lubianchuk sentenced to 3 years in prison
October 27, 2022
Prosecutor asks for eight years of prison for Belarusian journalist Siarhei Satsuk
October 25, 2022
CJE leaves the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe because of the non-expulsion of Russia
October 24, 2022
Political prisoners Maryna Zolatava and Liudmila Chekina added to the “terrorist list”
October 20, 2022
Wife Of Jailed RFE/RL Consultant In Belarus Reportedly Detained
October 18, 2022
TUT.BY journalists Volha Loika and Alena Talkachova added to “terrorist list”
Former TUT.BY journalists Volha Loika and Alena Talkachova are included by the State Security Committee (KGB) in the list of “persons involved in terrorist activities.” Their names appeared in the latest version of the list dated October 11 and published on the KGB website.
October 14, 2022
Several state radio hosts fired in Homel over support of protesters
October 13, 2022
Belarusian journalists detained, forced to make ‘confession’ videos
Paris, October 12, 2022—Belarusian authorities are continuing their crackdown on the country’s independent media with a spate of fresh arrests and detentions of several journalists.
October 13, 2022
UN experts call for immediate release of jailed Nobel winner and other rights defenders in Belarus
October 11, 2022
Police-affiliated Telegram channel published video of detained journalists Aliaksandr Lychauka and Sniazhana Inanets
October 07, 2022
Ales Bialiatski becomes Nobel Peace Prize laureate
October 07, 2022
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