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Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn is political prisoner
Hrodna journalist Dzyanis Ivashin was detained on March 12. His latest article for "Novy Chas" was about former Ukrainian Berkut employees successfully got a job in the Belarusian police. He is also a journalist and editor of the Belarusian service of the InformNapalm website.
Investigative Committee Opens Criminal Case Against Blogger Anton Motolko
The Investigative Committee of Belarus believes that blogger Anton Motolko is involved in a number of crimes, the press service of the agency reports.
Interpreter In Court For Slapping State TV Host During Mourning Rally
Hazeta Slonimskaya reporter Yazep Palubiatka does not return from questioning. His apartment is searched
Investigative Committee questioned BAJ chair Andrei Bastunets, again
Bastunets was questioned as a witness on the morning of March 16, again. After that some of the seized items were returned. "They returned only some of the documents — those that were in the safe box, including employment records, and statutory documents," -- Bastunets said.
The Investigative Committee summons BAJ Deputy Chairman Barys Haretski for questioning
Yan Roman detained in Hrodna. Police inspects Dzianisau’s apartment. Updated
EFJ Demands Release of Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn
Criminal charges pressed against journalist Dzianis Ivashyn
Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn detained in Hrodna. Police search his home
Belarusian Photographer Among Nominees For 2021 World Press Photo Contest
Nasha Niva’s photographer Nadezhda Buzhan became one of the finalists of the 2021 World Press Photo international photo contest. Her photo shows Olga Severinets waiting for her husband, politician Pavel Severinets, outside a notorious detention centre on Okrestin Street.
Free Ihar Bancer [Igor Bantser]
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.
The verdict in the “zero per mille” case: six months in prison for TUT.BY journalist and suspended two years for the doctor
EFJ strongly condemns a court decision in the case of Katerina Borisevich and Artem Sorokin
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