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EFJ condemns the attack of Russia on Ukraine
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined today the European Federation and the World Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU and PSI) in condemning Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine. We support the call of Ukrainian trade unions, including the EFJ Ukrainian affiliates NUJU and IMTUU, to ask Russia to immediately stop the attack and to bring the Russian army back to Russia.
February 24, 2022
BSU Journalism Department lecturer Hanna Kureichyk arrested for 15 days
The Minsk Tsentralny District Court heard the case of Hanna Kureichyk, associate professor at the TV and Radio Broadcasting Chair of the Belarusian State University Journalism Department.
February 22, 2022
Journalist Larysa Shchyrakova’s house search ends in her arrest
February 21, 2022
Journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva transferred to jail for “investigative actions”
February 21, 2022
BAJ nominated for UNESCO prize
February 16, 2022
Ex-RFE/RL Photographer Gets 13 Days In Jail For ‘Disobedience To Police’
February 07, 2022
Former RFE/RL Photographer Detained In Minsk On Unknown Charges
A photographer who previously worked for RFE/RL's Belarus Service has been arrested and taken to pretrial detention in Minsk, his relatives say.
February 07, 2022
Nasha Niva declared “extremist formation”
The Nasha Niva newspaper has been published since 1906 (modern version – since 1991), now it is an online media outlet with popular social media pages.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus informed that Nasha Niva was recognized as an extremist formation:
“The group of citizens from the Sarodzichy private association (the owner of Nasha Niva) united through online resources, including social media and messengers was recognized an extremist formation.”
January 27, 2022
Writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski detained upon arrival in Belarus
January 20, 2022
CPJ: The Ivulin case shows that the authorities will use any pretext to punish members of the press
January 19, 2022
Sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin sentenced to 2 years in prison
January 19, 2022
Police raid journos’ places, editorial office in Mahiliou region
January 14, 2022
Index Censorship, ARTICLE 19: Access the toolkit to join the Andrei and Irina campaign
January 12, 2022
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
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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