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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.
    October 31, 2021
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    Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites

    October 29, 2021
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    Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist

    October 26, 2021
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    Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by

    October 22, 2021
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    Prominent journalist rearrested following his release after three days in jail

    Minsk, 21 October. A prominent journalist was rearrested immediately after being released in a courtroom in the Mahilioŭ region on Wednesday, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).
    October 22, 2021
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    Novy Chas editors searched and interrogated

    October 21, 2021
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    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
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    No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention

    October 19, 2021
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    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
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    LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA’S PRISONERS: Katsyaryna Andreeva

    October 18, 2021
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    Judge rejects appeal against Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist’s detention

    October 15, 2021
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    Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia discuss functioning of media outlets

    Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makiej and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, discussed the functioning of Belarusian media outlets in Russia and Russian media outlets in Belarus during their meeting in Minsk on Thursday.
    October 15, 2021
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    Belarus: EFJ Annual Meeting adopted resolution in solidarity with BAJ

    October 14, 2021
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    Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist criminally charged in Belarus

    Henadz Mazheyka, a journalist of Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus, has been charged with two articles of the Criminal Code: inciting social hatred or discord and insulting a government official. Henadz is in the Zhodzina pre-trial detention center quarantined for coronavirus, he cannot be visited by lawyers and relatives, care packages are not allowed.
    October 12, 2021
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    Authorities asked to restore access to website of Russian newspaper’s Belarusian edition

    October 09, 2021
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