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Protest in cell 15. Iryna Slaunikava and other detainees on hunger strike in detention center
Ten women have been on hunger strike in the double cell 15 in the temporary detention center in Akrestsin Street since the evening of November 3. There were plenty of reasons for this: it's been more than a year since the detainees were deprived of care packages, they are not taken to the shower or for a walk, the cells were overcrowded, medicines and the necessary medical treatment for COVID-19 were not provided.
Authorities blocked website of Belarusian Association of Journalists
Belsat TV’s site, social media accounts labeled extremist group by police
Belarusian journalists and BAJ won Free Media Awards
Belarusian authorities block access to website of Russia’s Regnum news agency
Journalist Dzyanis Ivashyn charged with treason. He faces up to 15 years in prison
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava arrested for “distribution of extremist materials” for 15 days
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist
Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by
The news website Telegraf.by has been inaccessible to Belarusian users after being blocked by the country’s authorities.
Prominent journalist rearrested following his release after three days in jail
Minsk, 21 October. A prominent journalist was rearrested immediately after being released in a courtroom in the Mahilioŭ region on Wednesday, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).
Novy Chas editors searched and interrogated
Detention of BelaPAN director general extended by two more months
No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention
Andrej Skurko, a prominent journalist and the head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, was not released on October 17 after a three-month detention.
Siarhei Niarouny’s trial over extremism postponed to Wednesday
The trial of journalist Siarhei Niarouny detained over the weekend and accused of distributing extremist materials has started in Krychau.
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