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Ezhednevnik editor Siarhei Satsuk detained and taken into custody
The Belarusian portal Ezhednevnik (ej.by) is blocked. Its editor, investigative journalist Siarhei Satsuk, was searched and interrogated by the Investigative Committee.
It has been reported to the Belarusian Association of Journalists that Siarhei Satsuk was taken into custody after interrogation in the old case of accepting a bribe. He will be placed in pre-trial detention center #1 in Minsk.
December 08, 2021
Belarusian Journalist’s Family Says He’s Still Waiting For His Release From Jail
December 06, 2021
Winter in Belarus starts with massive searches
December 01, 2021
Belarusian Journalist Jailed For 10 Days Amid Ongoing Media Crackdown
A freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been sentenced to 10 days in jail on hooliganism charges as authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues his crackdown on independent media.
December 01, 2021
BAJ wins National Prize of Ukraine for Protection of Freedom of Speech
The Belarusian Association of Journalists has won the Ihor Lubchenko National Prize for the Protection of Freedom of Speech. This decision was made by the Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
November 29, 2021
Belarusian Journalist Detained As Media Crackdown Continues
November 26, 2021
Belarusian Media Under Threat: What to do and What Support is Needed? Discussion. November 25, registration
November 22, 2021
BelaPAN editor-in-chief Iryna Leushyna and ex-director Dzmitry Navazhylau charged with “creating an extremist formation”
November 18, 2021
BelaPAN news agency recognized as extremist group
November 12, 2021
Authorities invite Polish journalists to Belarus’ side of border to cover migrant crisis
November 12, 2021
IPI: Government moves to stamp out remaining independent media
November 10, 2021
Index Censorship published Andrei Aliaksandrau’s letter from prison
November 08, 2021
Authorities extend detention of sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin by another month
5 November. Aliaksandr Ivulin, a journalist with the now-blacklisted sports news website by.tribuna.com and soccer player who is viewed as a political prisoner by Belarusian human rights groups, has had his pretrial detention extended by another month, the unregistered Viasna Human Rights Center said on Friday.
November 06, 2021
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.
November 05, 2021
Authorities blocked website of Belarusian Association of Journalists
November 04, 2021
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