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On Sunday Dzianis Borshch, Siarhei Kazlovich and Mikalai Maminau were detained in Minsk
While covering the March of Justice on Sunday in Minsk, journalist Dzianis Borshch and blogger of "Not on TV" channel Siarhei Kazlovich were detained in Minsk.
September 21, 2020
Photogphers get 11 days of jail. They covered the protests, while the court ruled they were protesters
September 18, 2020
EFJ welcomes OSCE mission to Belarus
September 18, 2020
Join us in supporting media freedom in Belarus: #BAJ25RAZAM
The EFJ affiliate in Belarus, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), celebrates today its 25th anniversary in a particularly hostile context. The EFJ is proud of Belarusian colleagues in their struggle for media freedom and against repression and censorship. We call on all journalists’ organisations and all journalists to show solidarity with colleagues in Belarus. Use the hashtag #BAJ25RAZAM on social networks.
September 16, 2020
Belarusian Association of Journalists celebrates its 25th anniversary!
September 16, 2020
EFJ General Secretary Ricardo Gutiérrez: What are we waiting for to impose sanctions on those responsible?
Eleven journalists detained in Belarus this weekend.
September 14, 2020
Journalists detained in Minsk and Belarus regions on 12 and 13 September
September 14, 2020
STATEMENT by member of the European Pparliament Petras Auštrevičius on freezing cooperation with Belarusian authorities within the EU Eastern Partnership policy framework
September 11, 2020
Homiel: Two Belsat TV contributors detained
September 11, 2020
Investigative Committee: BAJ appeal concerning detention of 47 journalists is “abstract”. Case will not be examined
September 11, 2020
EFJ calls on Council of Europe to support Belarusian journalists
September 09, 2020
Valeria Ulasik charges under administrative case, apartment search
September 08, 2020
Six journalists were detained over weekend. Two people weren’t released
September 07, 2020
Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
September 04, 2020
Human Rights in Belarus: UN Security Council Arria meeting. Speech of the BAJ representative
Volha Siakhovich, a representative of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, delivered speech during the UN Security Council Arria meeting.
Since the beginning of the 2020 presidential election campaign, the situation with freedom of speech in Belarus has deteriorated dramatically as the authorities launched a violent crackdown trying to discourage journalists and bloggers from reporting on election-related protests. Since May, the authorities have stepped up their efforts to curb media coverage of the protests in Belarus, with more journalists being arrested than ever before.
September 04, 2020
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