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Joint call to make press freedom a cornerstone of all demands towards Belarus
The hijacking of a plane and kidnapping of editor and blogger Raman Pratasevich is viewed by the free expression, press freedom and journalists’ community as the outrageous climax of a broader campaign against media freedom in Belarus that drastically intensified after the August 2020 election. Free Press Unlimited co-wrote a joint call to make respect for press freedom a cornerstone of all demands towards Belarus.
June 10, 2021
OSCE PA human rights leaders raise alarms over new legislation on mass events and media in Belarus
June 04, 2021
Sports journalists Ivulin, Pisarenka arrested in Minsk
June 04, 2021
Popular TV personality Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife questioned by financial police
June 03, 2021
Medicines not given to jailed Polish activist Andrzej Poczobut after alleged refusal to leave country
June 03, 2021
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges immediate and unconditional release of all detained journalists in Belarus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, urged today the public authorities in Belarus to free all journalists and other media workers who have been sentenced, arrested or detained in the country. Most of these journalists were apprehended for their reporting on public events and other political developments in the country, reports OSCE.
June 02, 2021
Tribuna journo Dzmitry Ruto, Hrodna.life editor Iryna Novik detained
June 02, 2021
Narodnaya Volya journalist jailed for 30 days
On May 28 police detained Hlafira Zhuk, a journalist from Minsk. Next evening, she was found in the Maskouski district police department, charged with violation of an Administrative Code. Later the journalist was transferred to Akrestsina detention center.
On May 31 Maskouski district court of Minsk sentenced Ms Zhuk to 30 days of jail.
May 31, 2021
Hrodna.life editor released before trial
Alyaksei Shota had his laptop, phone, three old hard drives, and a WRW umbrella taken away.
May 31, 2021
Journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich released from jail
TUT.BY journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich was released on Saturday, 29 May. According to her colleagues, the girl spent 15 days in the remand prison on Akrestsin Street but still was in a good mood.
May 31, 2021
Charges pressed against Sophia Sapega who had been detained with Pratasevich
May 27, 2021
Pratasevich’s lawyer files complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to see him
lawyer Inessa Alenskaya says she has no access to her client and insists on an urgent medical examination of Raman Pratasevich.
May 27, 2021
Belsat TV journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva transferred to penal colony in Homiel
A few days ago, journalist Ihar Ilyash, the husband of our imprisoned collegue Katsyaryna Andreyeva, was informed that his wife was transferred to the penal colony in Homiel, where she would serve the term.
May 27, 2021
Lukashenko signs mass media law amendments into law
May 27, 2021
Report: Women journalists are frontline warriors at the protests and in prisons in Belarus
May 26, 2021
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