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    Ex-RFE/RL Photographer Gets 13 Days In Jail For ‘Disobedience To Police’

    A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been sentenced to 13 days in jail for "disobedience to police," a charge that he has rejected. Judge Tatsyana Palulekh of the Frunze district court in Minsk sentenced Uladz Hrydzin on February 7 after finding him guilty of refusing to follow police orders to let them inside his apartment to conduct a search last week.
    February 07, 2022
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    Former RFE/RL Photographer Detained In Minsk On Unknown Charges

    February 07, 2022
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    Nasha Niva declared “extremist formation”

    January 27, 2022
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    Writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski detained upon arrival in Belarus

    On January 19, Belarusian writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski was detained.
    January 20, 2022
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    CPJ: The Ivulin case shows that the authorities will use any pretext to punish members of the press

    January 19, 2022
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    Sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin sentenced to 2 years in prison

    January 19, 2022
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    Police raid journos’ places, editorial office in Mahiliou region

    January 14, 2022
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    Index Censorship, ARTICLE 19: Access the toolkit to join the Andrei and Irina campaign

    January 12, 2022
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    Sports journo Alyaksandr Ivulin to stand trial in mid January

    The case of Alyaksandr Ivulin, a journalist at the sports media outlet Tribuna and a football player of Krumkachy team, is starting to be heard on January 17 in Savetski district court of Minsk, tribuna.com reports. The defendant has been behind bars for about seven months.
    January 06, 2022
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    Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich criminally charged

    He is accused of taking part in an unauthorized rally while being deprived of the journalist accreditation of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
    December 29, 2021
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    RFE/RL Correspondent Seized By Masked Men In Minsk

    December 23, 2021
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    Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges

    December 23, 2021
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    Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service As ‘Extremist’

    December 23, 2021
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    Journalist Andrei Kuznechyk still detained, his whereabouts unknown

    Radio Svaboda freelancer Andrei Kuznechyk was to be released from a temporary detention center on December 15. His second 10-day arrest ended that day.
    December 23, 2021
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    Lecturer detained at work at BSU journalism department

    December 17, 2021
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