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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
November 06, 2021
Protest in cell 15. Iryna Slaunikava and other detainees on hunger strike in detention center
November 05, 2021
Authorities blocked website of Belarusian Association of Journalists
November 04, 2021
Belsat TV’s site, social media accounts labeled extremist group by police
According to the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, groups of citizens united with the help of Belsat online media were recognized as extremist groups and banned from operating in the Republic of Belarus.
November 03, 2021
Belarusian journalists and BAJ won Free Media Awards
November 03, 2021
Belarusian authorities block access to website of Russia’s Regnum news agency
November 01, 2021
Journalist Dzyanis Ivashyn charged with treason. He faces up to 15 years in prison
October 31, 2021
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.
October 31, 2021
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
Three more news websites were made inaccessible to users in Belarus on October 28 by order of the country’s information ministry.
The sites are those of Belarus’ newspaper Novy Čas, as well as of Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle and of Current Time TV, a Russian-language television channel launched by U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty with participation of Voice of America.
October 29, 2021
Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist
The content of the local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY has been designated extremist at the request of the Barysaŭ District Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday.
ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY covers news in Barysaŭ and Žodzina, two cities in the Minsk region. According to the ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY editorial team, some 100,000 people visit the website every day.
In addition, the “extremist” label has been slapped on the content of a Telegram chat that unites residents of the city of Šarkaŭščyna in the Viciebsk region. The decision has been made at the request of the Šarkaŭščyna District Prosecutor’s Office.
October 26, 2021
Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by
The news website Telegraf.by has been inaccessible to Belarusian users after being blocked by the country’s authorities.
October 22, 2021
Prominent journalist rearrested following his release after three days in jail
October 22, 2021
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