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Journalist Dzyanis Ivashyn charged with treason. He faces up to 15 years in prison
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava arrested for “distribution of extremist materials” for 15 days
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist
Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by
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).
Novy Chas editors searched and interrogated
Detention of BelaPAN director general extended by two more months
No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention
Andrej Skurko, a prominent journalist and the head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, was not released on October 17 after a three-month detention.
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.
LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA’S PRISONERS: Katsyaryna Andreeva
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.
Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia discuss functioning of media outlets
Belarus: EFJ Annual Meeting adopted resolution in solidarity with BAJ
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.
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