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Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June
Six Belarusian media workers have their court hearings scheduled for June.
Andrei Aliaksandrau, Dzmitry Navazhylau, Iryna Leushyna, Aksana Kolb, Andrei Kuznechyk, Iryna Slaunikava, and Katsiaryna Andrejeva face from 3 to 15 years in prison.
Below is a list of charges and hearings dates.
May 27, 2022
Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown
May 27, 2022
Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
May 20, 2022
Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper “Belorusy i Rynok”
May 18, 2022
Journalist who photographed Russian military vehicles taken into custody
May 12, 2022
Journalist criminally detained in Baranavichy for sending photos to ‘extremist media’
May 06, 2022
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.
April 29, 2022
Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner
April 29, 2022
BAJ awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022
April 27, 2022
Photographers to children.Charity sale of works by Ukrainian photographers. PHOTO
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief Novy Chas newspaper, was charged and transferred to prizon
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor of Novy Chas newspaper, detained for 10 days
Today law enforcers came to Aksana Kolb’s house and took her away for interrogation.
Around 3 p.m. she called her relatives and informed them that she had been detained for 10 days. The case and her status remain unknown.
April 20, 2022
“Together we counteract propaganda and demand the release of political prisoners.” BAJ meets with European Federation of Journalists’ President
On April 12 in Vilnius, the European Federation of Journalists delegation met with the leaders of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, the Lithuanian and Estonian Unions of Journalists, and Ukrainian journalists.
The main purpose of the EFJ representatives' visit is to coordinate efforts to protect journalists and the media in our region in the face of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the intensification of repressions in Belarus.
April 13, 2022
BAJ joined the Perugia Declaration in support of Ukraine
Perugia Declaration for Ukraine – 9 April 2022
The International Journalism Festival and members and partners of the Global Forum for Media Development call for increased support of independent media and journalists in Ukraine.
#PerugiaDeclaration4Ukraine
April 10, 2022
Belsat journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva charged with treason
April 08, 2022
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