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    Charges pressed against Sophia Sapega who had been detained with Pratasevich

    May 27, 2021
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    Pratasevich’s lawyer files complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to see him

    May 27, 2021
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    Belsat TV journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva transferred to penal colony in Homiel

    May 27, 2021
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    Lukashenko signs mass media law amendments into law

    May 27, 2021
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    Report: Women journalists are frontline warriors at the protests and in prisons in Belarus

    Amidst all these censorship and harassment tactics the women journalists are risking their lives when they cover the protests and report on the state’s atrocities from the frontlines. Many women journalists have been detained and forced to stay silent. In detentions, they suffer assaults at the hands of authorities. Some of the excruciating details of the tortures in these detention centers were also exposed by the women journalists.
    May 26, 2021
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    TUT.BY employees are political prisoners. Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations

    May 26, 2021
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    Minsk: 15-day jail terms for Belsat TV support staff

    May 25, 2021
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    The host of the “Frankly Speaking” program left Belarus for security reasons. Now her relatives are being persecuted

    The host of “Frankly Speaking” TV show on Belsat TV Arina Malinovskaya left Belarus because of possible persecution by the Belarusian authorities. But now her relatives are also in danger.
    May 25, 2021
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    Minsk: Reporter Ales Silich detained for ‘picketing’. He just had historical emblem on passport cover

    May 25, 2021
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    Immediately release political prisoner Raman Pratasevich!

    May 24, 2021
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    Journalist Artsiom Mayorau arrested for 15 days

    May 21, 2021
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    TUT.BY journalist Adaria Hushtyn was released after interrogation

    May 21, 2021
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    Raid on TUT.BY: online briefing of the TUT.BY team and Belarusian media experts

    May 20, 2021
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    Reporters without borders: Belarus tries to silence the most popular independent news site

    May 20, 2021
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    Belarus: Stop harassment of independent media outlet TUT.BY

    ARTICLE 19 is appalled by the latest crackdown on TUT.BY, one of the most popular internet news outlets in Belarus. On 18 May 2021, access to the website was blocked, including via VPN. Law enforcement agents searched TUT.BY’s offices of the outlet and a criminal case has been opened against it for “tax evasion”. Additionally, a number of people related to the outlet have been detained. 
    May 20, 2021
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