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Journalist Iryna Slaunikava arrested for “distribution of extremist materials” for 15 days
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava and her husband Aliaksandr Loika were arrested for "distribution of extremist materials" for 15 days each. This verdict was pronounced by the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk.
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist
Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by
Prominent journalist rearrested following his release after three days in jail
Novy Chas editors searched and interrogated
Novy Chas newspaper employees stopped responding to messages on the morning of October 20. It later became known that journalists' homes and the editorial office were being searched.
After the searches, Siarhei Pulsha and Aksana Kolb were interrogated and released.
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
LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA’S PRISONERS: Katsyaryna Andreeva
Judge rejects appeal against Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist’s detention
A judge of the Partyzanski District Court in Minsk on Wednesday turned down an appeal against the detention of Hienadź Mažejka, a reporter for the Belarus version of the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia discuss functioning of media outlets
Belarus: EFJ Annual Meeting adopted resolution in solidarity with BAJ
The annual meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, on 8-9 October, unanimously adopted a resolution on the dissolution of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), an EFJ affiliate.
Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist criminally charged in Belarus
Authorities asked to restore access to website of Russian newspaper’s Belarusian edition
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