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Students’ Case Trial: Police Disperse And Detain Supporters, TUT.BY Journalist
On 14 May, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk begins to consider the “case of students” who were detained last November and accused of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order. There are 12 accused in total: ten students from different Minsk universities, a medical graduate and a teacher at BSUIR. For more than six months they have been in jail. By the beginning of the first session, more than a hundred people had come to the courthouse, but only some of them managed to get inside. Journalists of independent media and even some relatives of the accused had to wait outside. Police asked the crowd to disperse, after which the arrests took place.
May 14, 2021
Minsk police detain photo reporter Tatsyana Kapitonava who worked at conference
May 14, 2021
Journalists trying to cover trial in Mahiliou detained and placed in custody
May 13, 2021
Ministry of Information warns Intex-press. Beldruk kiosks refuse to sell the paper
May 07, 2021
Press Freedom Day in unfree country
May 03, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanovskaya’s interview to Intex-press recognized extremist
April 29, 2021
Intex-Press editor under administrative charges, facing criminal prosecution
April 22, 2021
TUT.BY Journalist’s Sentence Remains Unchanged, Borisevich Will Walk Free In May
On 20 April, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal against the sentence of TUT.BY journalist Katerina Borisevich. On 2 March, the Moskovsky District Court sentenced our colleague to six months in prison. The prosecutor’s office considered this decision too lenient and filed a protest. Katerina Borisevich’s defense still believes that she is innocent and insists on acquittal.
April 20, 2021
11th BAJ Congress elects Andrei Bastunets as Chair, and adds a new face to deputy chairs PHOTOS
April 20, 2021
Letter of solidarity from the Index on Censorship with Belarusian journalists
April 15, 2021
Congratulatory letter of the International Federation of Journalists to the participants of the BAJ Congress
April 15, 2021
ARTICLE 19’s message of solidarity with Belarusian journalists
April 15, 2021
Belarusian Deputy Proposes To Create “Information Shield” Such As China’s
Marina Vasko, the member of the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on Education, Culture and Science, suggested creating an “information shield” in Belarus following the example of China, SB. Belarus Segondya reports.
April 15, 2021
Court Sentenced Bloggers “Who Started Protests In Belarus” To 3 Years In Jail
Judge of the Oktyabrsky district court in Mogilev Olga Kravchenko found Brest bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov guilty of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, insulting a government official. Petrukhin was also found guilty of insulting a judge. Both were sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. The bloggers were not present during the hearings: they were removed from the courtroom at the beginning of the trial. The judge rejected all petitions for the participation of the accused in the process.
April 14, 2021
Euronews Won’t Broadcast In Belarus, Russian Pobeda Channel Will Replace It
Euronews TV channel will stop broadcasting in Belarus, according to the website of the Ministry of Information. It will be replaced with a Russian channel Pobeda.
April 12, 2021
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