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    Interpreter In Court For Slapping State TV Host During Mourning Rally

    March 24, 2021
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    Hazeta Slonimskaya reporter Yazep Palubiatka does not return from questioning. His apartment is searched

    On Monday, March 22, Masty reporter of Hazeta Slonimskaya Yazep Palubiatka was summoned for questioning by the police. He entered the police station at 11 a.m. He did not return home that day.
    March 23, 2021
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    Investigative Committee questioned BAJ chair Andrei Bastunets, again

    March 22, 2021
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    The Investigative Committee summons BAJ Deputy Chairman Barys Haretski for questioning

    March 18, 2021
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    Yan Roman detained in Hrodna. Police inspects Dzianisau’s apartment. Updated

    March 17, 2021
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    EFJ Demands Release of Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn

    March 15, 2021
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    Criminal charges pressed against journalist Dzianis Ivashyn

    Detained on Friday, March 12, journalist Dzianis Ivashyn was charged today under Article 365 of the Criminal Code ( "Interference with the activities of a law-enforcement officer").
    March 15, 2021
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    Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn detained in Hrodna. Police search his home

    Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn was detained in his apartment at about 6 p.m. Before that, a blue minivan parked near the apartment block. The search of journalist Dzianis Ivashin ended late at night, Dzianis was placed in the KGB detention center. Now there are 10 journalists  behind bars in Belarus.
    March 13, 2021
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    Belarusian Photographer Among Nominees For 2021 World Press Photo Contest

    March 12, 2021
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    Free Ihar Bancer [Igor Bantser]

    As of March 11, Ihar Bancer [Igor Bantser] has been on a dry hunger strike for eight days. Ihar announced the hunger strike at a court session on March 3 expressing his protest and disagreement with the accusations of Hooliganism that he is facing and that he calls unfair. Ihar has been in prison since October 20, 2020. The musician's relatives and friends believe that one of his unrelated street performances could have been the likely reason for his arrest.
    March 12, 2021
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    EFJ calls on the UN Human Rights Council to create an accountability mechanism on Belarus

    Belarus’ human rights situation has deteriorated further in recent weeks. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) believes this deterioration should be viewed in the context of the grave and systemic human rights violations the authorities committed in the run-up to the 2020 fraudulent presidential election and in its aftermath, for which there has been no accountability. The EFJ joins Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights and Article19 in demanding action by the UN Human Rights Council to establish a new mechanism assisting the process of accountability for human rights violations in Belarus.
    March 10, 2021
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    The verdict in the “zero per mille” case: six months in prison for TUT.BY journalist and suspended two years for the doctor

    March 04, 2021
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    EFJ strongly condemns a court decision in the case of Katerina Borisevich and Artem Sorokin

    March 03, 2021
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    CPJ condemns sentencing of Belarus journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich to 6 months in jail

    March 02, 2021
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    Human rights groups to U.N. Special Rapporteur on Belarus: it’s time to stop internet shutdowns, website blocking, anti-extremism laws

    February 25, 2021
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