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Case Against TUT.BY: At Least 11 Employees Still In Detention After Raids
At least 11 TUT.BY employees remain in detention a day after security forces searched the company’s offices and homes of its staff in a criminal investigation of suspected tax evasion. The whereabouts of many of them were unknown until late at night on 18 May.
May 20, 2021
TUT.BY Case. Day two. UPDATED
May 19, 2021
IMS calls international community take robust action stop abuses against journalists, media in Belarus
International Media Support (IMS) resolutely condemns the Belarusian regime’s assault on the country’s independent media TUT.BY and calls on the international community to take robust action to stop abuses against journalists, media and civil society in Belarus.
May 18, 2021
Security Forces Come To TUT.BY Offices, Editors’ Apartments
Several TUT.BY editors, including chief editor Marina Zolotova, have reported that employees of the DFR (Department of Financial Investigation) came to their apartments. Security forces also came to the offices of TUT.BY and Hoster.by. Later, it was reported that a criminal case was initiated against the officials of TUT BY MEDIA LLC on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code (evasion of taxes and fees on an especially large scale).
May 18, 2021
OSCE Media Freedom Representative deplores detention of journalists in Belarus
May 18, 2021
TUT.BY Journalist Lyubov Kasperovich arrested for 15 days
TUT.BY journalist Lyubov Kasperovich is being examined in the Moskovsky District Court. She is accused of participating in an unsanctioned mass event.
Judge Sergei Katser found the journalist guilty and sentenced her to 15 days of arrest.
May 17, 2021
TUT.BY Journalist Borisevich Transferred To Gomel Women’s Colony
As TUT.BY learned, recently our colleague Katerina Borisevich was transferred to the women’s colony in Gomel. Katerina was sentenced to six months of imprisonment in the so-called “0 ‰ of alcohol” case. The term of imprisonment expires on 19 May, that is, in two days she must be released.
May 17, 2021
Journalists Alexander Burakou and Uladzimir Laptsevich punished with 20-day arrests, report torture following detention
Journalist Alexander Burakou, who collaborates with Deutsche Welle, received 20 days of administrative arrest for alleged "repeated participation in an unauthorized event within a year". Burakou was detained on May 12 near Mahiliou regional court building. Uladzimir Laptsevich, reporter of 6tv.by received a similar sentence — 20 days of arrest.
May 15, 2021
Belarus repression intensifies: 16 journalists behind bars
Lukashenko‘s regime is intensifying its crackdown on Belarusian journalists and citizens. In the last few days, the police have made several administrative arrests, bringing the number of journalists deprived of their freedom to 16.
May 14, 2021
Students’ Case Trial: Police Disperse And Detain Supporters, TUT.BY Journalist
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 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This is an occasion to reflect on the fundamental human rights and freedoms, to remind the authorities of the need to respect the freedom of the press, which comes from one of the basic, natural freedoms — freedom of speech.
Unfortunately, last year the situation in the media sphere has deteriorated significantly in Belarus.
May 03, 2021
Sviatlana Tsikhanovskaya’s interview to Intex-press recognized extremist
April 29, 2021
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