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    Andrei Bastunets walks out from questioning

    December 16, 2020
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    BAJ Chair to be questioned tomorrow in case of harm to national security

    December 15, 2020
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    Number of journalists jailed worldwide hits record amid unrest, pandemic

    At least 274 journalists imprisoned globally despite COVID-19 risks in jail.
    December 15, 2020
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    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.
    December 14, 2020
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    Investigative Committee summons all Nasha Niva staff for questioning

    December 07, 2020
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    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.
    November 30, 2020
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    Nine journalists targeted by criminal investigation

    November 23, 2020
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    Daria Chultsova remains in custody. Assumable, a criminal charges

    November 23, 2020
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    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.
    November 20, 2020
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    Altogether, Belarusian journalists have already spent 900 days behind the bars this year

    November 18, 2020
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    BAJ won the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award

    The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the awarding of the First Canada-UK Media Freedom Award to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). BAJ was nominated for the award by the EFJ and International Media Support (IMS).
    November 16, 2020
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    23 journalists detained on November 15. Updated

    On November 15, the people of Belarus held protests and actions in memory of Raman Bandarenka, killed by unknown people in plain clothes. People in Minsk, regional centers and small towns took to the streets. In Minsk, the police did not allow people to gather on the central streets. Thousands of people came to the Square of Change (the popular name of the neighborhood, whose residents actively participate in the protests) in Minsk, where Raman Bandarenka had been killed. The drivers supported the protesters by honking their car horns. In the evening, the police surrounded the block and attacked the protesters using special weapons, many were taken away in police trucks. People were grabbed and beaten even in the nearby store. Police detained journalists covering teh protests in Minsk, Vitebsk, Hrodna and Pinsk. We know of 23 detentions of journalists.
    November 15, 2020
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    Police search the house of Hazeta Slonimskaya founder

    November 09, 2020
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    Police seizes journalist’s car

    November 09, 2020
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    Nasta Zakharevich and Ilya Dabratvor detained in Minsk

    Journalist Nasta Zakharevich was detained in a flower shop near the GUM department store in Minsk. Previously, she was detained exactly 2 months ago and spent seven days behind bars.
    November 06, 2020
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