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    TUT.BY freelance photographer Yauhen Yerchak detained in Minsk on unknown grounds

    Photographer Yauhen Yerchak was detained in Minsk on June 13. A “penitential video” and photos of the search were circulated by pro-government Telegram channels.
    June 15, 2022
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    Two journalists recognized as political prisoners

    June 09, 2022
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    RFE/RL Freelancer Kuznechyk handed six-year prison sentence in Belarus

    June 08, 2022
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    Belarus sentences several activists as crackdown over dissent continues

    MINSK -- A court in Minsk has sentenced sociologist Tatsyana Vadalaskaya to a lengthy prison sentence while prosecutors in another case have recommended a harsh sentence for journalist Aksana Kolb on charges related to protests against the disputed results of a presidential election in August 2020 that handed authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka a sixth term in power.
    June 08, 2022
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    Four belarusian journalists go on trial as Lukashenka’s crackdown continues

    June 07, 2022
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    Orwell would be surprised: why journalists are jailed in Belarus. Online briefing

    June 01, 2022
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    Jailed belarusian RFE/RL journalist transferred to penal colony

    May 30, 2022
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    Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June

    May 27, 2022
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    Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown

    On May 26, in the village of Kryvichy (Iuje District), police detained journalist Ales Liubianchuk. 
    May 27, 2022
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    Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights

    21 May is the Day of the Political Prisoner in Belarus.
    May 20, 2022
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    Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper “Belorusy i Rynok”

    May 18, 2022
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    Journalist who photographed Russian military vehicles taken into custody

    May 12, 2022
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    Journalist criminally detained in Baranavichy for sending photos to ‘extremist media’

    A 23-year-old correspondent of Baranavichy-based Intex-Press has been criminally charged for facilitation of extremist activities (Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code), reports the pro-government Telegram channel ‘Obratnaya storona’.
    May 06, 2022
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    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
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    Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner

    April 29, 2022
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