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Belarus: leaders of journalists’ organisations in Europe call on heads of governments to take action
Leaders of 50 journalists’ unions and associations in 34 European countries today called on their governments to intensify pressure and take action in the face of constant violations of human rights and press freedom in Belarus. In a joint letter, they urge their head of government to demand from the Belarusian authorities the immediate release of the 12 imprisoned journalists and the withdrawal of administrative and criminal proceedings against Belarusian journalists.
March 25, 2021
Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn is political prisoner
March 24, 2021
Investigative Committee Opens Criminal Case Against Blogger Anton Motolko
March 24, 2021
Interpreter In Court For Slapping State TV Host During Mourning Rally
March 24, 2021
Hazeta Slonimskaya reporter Yazep Palubiatka does not return from questioning. His apartment is searched
March 23, 2021
Investigative Committee questioned BAJ chair Andrei Bastunets, again
March 22, 2021
The Investigative Committee summons BAJ Deputy Chairman Barys Haretski for questioning
The deputy chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists will be interrogated at the Central Office of the Investigative Committee as a witness in a criminal case on March 24.
March 18, 2021
Yan Roman detained in Hrodna. Police inspects Dzianisau’s apartment. Updated
March 17, 2021
EFJ Demands Release of Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn
Dzianis Ivashyn is the 11th journalist under arrest in Belarus. He was arrested on the evening of Friday 12 March in Grodno, in the west of the country. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its Belarusian affiliate, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), in calling for his immediate release and that of the other ten journalists detained in Belarus.
March 15, 2021
Criminal charges pressed against journalist Dzianis Ivashyn
March 15, 2021
Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn detained in Hrodna. Police search his home
March 13, 2021
Belarusian Photographer Among Nominees For 2021 World Press Photo Contest
March 12, 2021
Free Ihar Bancer [Igor Bantser]
As of March 11, Ihar Bancer [Igor Bantser] has been on a dry hunger strike for eight days. Ihar announced the hunger strike at a court session on March 3 expressing his protest and disagreement with the accusations of Hooliganism that he is facing and that he calls unfair. Ihar has been in prison since October 20, 2020. The musician's relatives and friends believe that one of his unrelated street performances could have been the likely reason for his arrest.
March 12, 2021
EFJ calls on the UN Human Rights Council to create an accountability mechanism on Belarus
March 10, 2021
The verdict in the “zero per mille” case: six months in prison for TUT.BY journalist and suspended two years for the doctor
March 04, 2021
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