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Journalist Iryna Slaunikava arrested for “distribution of extremist materials” for 15 days
October 31, 2021
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
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
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.
October 21, 2021
Detention of BelaPAN director general extended by two more months
The detention of BelaPAN Director General Iryna Lieŭšyna has been extended by two more months, according to her daughter, Hanna.Dzmitryj Navažylaŭ, BelaPAN’s former director general, is likely to have had his detention extended, too.
October 19, 2021
No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention
October 19, 2021
Siarhei Niarouny’s trial over extremism postponed to Wednesday
The trial of journalist Siarhei Niarouny detained over the weekend and accused of distributing extremist materials has started in Krychau.
October 19, 2021
LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA’S PRISONERS: Katsyaryna Andreeva
October 18, 2021
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.
October 15, 2021
Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia discuss functioning of media outlets
October 15, 2021
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.
October 14, 2021
Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist criminally charged in Belarus
October 12, 2021
Authorities asked to restore access to website of Russian newspaper’s Belarusian edition
October 09, 2021
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