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Press Club Belarus case: Five persons detained
Searches In Press Club Office, Employees Are Detained For 72 Hours
Andrei Bastunets walks out from questioning
BAJ Chair to be questioned tomorrow in case of harm to national security
On December 16, BAJ chairman Andrei Bastunets will have to come to the Central office of the Investigative Committee of Belarus for interrogation.
Number of journalists jailed worldwide hits record amid unrest, pandemic
Three journalists detained in Minsk on December 13
Belsat reporter Stas Ivashkevich, photographer Henadz Veratsinski, and Onliner editor Mikalai Hradziushka were detained in Minsk on December 13.
Investigative Committee summons all Nasha Niva staff for questioning
Four journalists detained on Sunday. Two were not released and are to be tried
On Sunday, November 29, police detained journalists in Minsk and Brest during the coverage and after the protests.
Nine journalists targeted by criminal investigation
Six journalists are targeted by criminal investigation under Article 342 part 1 of the Criminal Code "organizing and preparing activities that seriously breach public order". They face punishment from a fine to three years of imprisonment.
Another three journalists are suspects in other criminal cases. This is unprecedented pressure on journalists.
Daria Chultsova remains in custody. Assumable, a criminal charges
Prosecutor General’s office investigates into publicising of Bandarenka’s medical data. TUT.BY journalist sent to KGB detention center
The Prosecutor General's office announced the initiation of a criminal case due to "disclosure of medical secrets" and "providing false information" on the death of Raman Bandarenka. Its press service reported, "the suspects have been detained." Security forces came for TUT.BY journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich, who wrote about Raman Bandarenka.
Altogether, Belarusian journalists have already spent 900 days behind the bars this year
BAJ won the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award
23 journalists detained on November 15. Updated
Police search the house of Hazeta Slonimskaya founder
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