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Journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva transferred to jail for “investigative actions”
BAJ nominated for UNESCO prize
Ex-RFE/RL Photographer Gets 13 Days In Jail For ‘Disobedience To Police’
Former RFE/RL Photographer Detained In Minsk On Unknown Charges
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.”
Writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski detained upon arrival in Belarus
CPJ: The Ivulin case shows that the authorities will use any pretext to punish members of the press
In response to the sentencing of Belarusian journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin to two years imprisonment on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement of condemnation:
Sports journalist Aliaksandr Ivulin sentenced to 2 years in prison
On January 19, the Savetski District Court of Minsk ruled in a criminal case against well-known journalist and Krumkachy football player Aliaksandr Ivulin.
Police raid journos’ places, editorial office in Mahiliou region
The place of Byalynichy-based journalist Barys Vyrvich was searched on Friday morning, the human rights centre Viasna
Index Censorship, ARTICLE 19: Access the toolkit to join the Andrei and Irina campaign
Sports journo Alyaksandr Ivulin to stand trial in mid January
Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich criminally charged
RFE/RL Correspondent Seized By Masked Men In Minsk
MINSK -- Aleh Hruzdzilovich, a correspondent of RFE/RL's Belarus Service, has been seized and held by masked men who broke into his home in Minsk, a human rights organization reports in the latest crackdown on independent media in the authoritarian Eastern European state.
Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges
Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service As ‘Extremist’
elarus's Interior Ministry has added RFE/RL's Belarus Service, known locally as Radio Svaboda, to its registry of extremist organizations, in a continued clampdown on independent media and civil society sparked by an eruption of protests against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka's claim he won a presidential election last year that the opposition says was rigged.
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