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Valeria Ulasik charges under administrative case, apartment search
Six journalists were detained over weekend. Two people weren’t released
Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
Today the Lithuanian Union of Journalists’ (LŽS) Journalist Rights Defence and Monitoring Committee officially appealed to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a proposal to take active action to defend journalists in neighbouring Belarus from baseless persecution.
Human Rights in Belarus: UN Security Council Arria meeting. Speech of the BAJ representative
Journalists demonstrate; police make new arrests
For the first time since the fraudulent elections in Belarus, journalists demonstrated in front of the Interior Ministry in Minsk. They were protesting against the prolonged detention of six journalists. Police also arrested journalist Larysa Shchyrakova in Homiel and journalist Dzmitry Brushko in Minsk on Thursday. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) demand the immediate release of journalists in detention in Belarus.
151 journalists were detained in Belarus in August
Journalists detained on September 1 charged with participation in an unauthorized action
The following journalists were deprived of accreditation
Wall of silence in Belarus: massive withdrawal of press accreditations
After the arbitrary detention of about 50 journalists on Thursday, the Belarusian authorities are stepping up the withdrawal of press accreditations for journalists covering the country’s news for foreign media. A wall of silence is gradually isolating Belarus from the rest of the world. The EFJ condemns the inaction and wait-and-see attitude of the international community.
The Belarusian Interdepartmental Commission on Security in the Information Sphere has proceeded to a massive cancellation of press accreditations issued to journalists working for foreign media (AFP, AP, ARD, BBC, RFE/RL, Reuters, RFI…) in recent days.
Foreign journalists lose their accreditation in Belarus
Belarus: criminal complaint against obstruction of journalists’ work
About 50 journalists detained, 4 to stand trial, 1 deported
On August 27, the police detained the journalists covering events on Freedom and Independence Square in Minsk.
They were taken to Kastrychnitski police department for checking their ids. Altogether, about 50 journalists were detained. The police released most of them after checking their documents. However, four journalists refused to give their smartphones to police for a check-up. Therefore, the police drew up reports with charges of participation in an unauthorized mass action. Katsiaryna Andreyeva, Maksim Harchanok, Aliaksandr Vasiukovich, and Andrei Yarashevich were left in custody until trial.
Swedish journalist Paul Hansen will be deported. Swedish ambassador to Belarus Christina Johannesson came to the Kastrychnitski police station where the journalists were kept. Paul Hansen is to leave Belarus tomorrow. He is banned
from travelling to Belarus for 5 years.
BelaPAN journalist Tatsiana Karavenkova was taken to hospital by an ambulance.
Belarus: judicial repression after police repression
Journalists Union of Athens message of solidarity to BAJ
Journalist Yauhen Nikalayevich: girls were beaten, humiliated, and stripped naked
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