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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges immediate and unconditional release of all detained journalists in Belarus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, urged today the public authorities in Belarus to free all journalists and other media workers who have been sentenced, arrested or detained in the country. Most of these journalists were apprehended for their reporting on public events and other political developments in the country, reports OSCE.
Tribuna journo Dzmitry Ruto, Hrodna.life editor Iryna Novik detained
Narodnaya Volya journalist jailed for 30 days
Hrodna.life editor released before trial
Journalist Lyubou Kaspyarovich released from jail
Charges pressed against Sophia Sapega who had been detained with Pratasevich
Pratasevich’s lawyer files complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to see him
Belsat TV journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva transferred to penal colony in Homiel
Lukashenko signs mass media law amendments into law
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.
TUT.BY employees are political prisoners. Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
Minsk: 15-day jail terms for Belsat TV support staff
The host of the “Frankly Speaking” program left Belarus for security reasons. Now her relatives are being persecuted
Minsk: Reporter Ales Silich detained for ‘picketing’. He just had historical emblem on passport cover
Immediately release political prisoner Raman Pratasevich!
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