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    Nasta Zakharevich and Ilya Dabratvor detained in Minsk

    Journalist Nasta Zakharevich was detained in a flower shop near the GUM department store in Minsk. Previously, she was detained exactly 2 months ago and spent seven days behind bars.
    November 06, 2020
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    Full support of European journalists to their colleagues in Belarus

    November 03, 2020
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    Since August, 9 journalists have been detained 320 times in Belarus

    November 03, 2020
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    Three Belsat journalists suspected in a criminal case

    Belsat journalists Zmitser Soltan (Buyanau), Zmitser Krauchuk, and Artsiom Bahaslauski were detained yesterday when covering the March against Terror. Today they were recognized suspects in a criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
    November 02, 2020
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    November 1: Journalists Detained, Some Beaten

    On November 1, protesters marched to Kurapaty, where victims of Stalinist repression were executed and buried.  On the way to Kurapaty, the riot police dispersed the crowd many times. Many were arrested, journalists among them.
    November 02, 2020
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    Belarus Closes Borders With Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine And Latvia

    October 29, 2020
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    EFJ welcomes the award of the Sakharov Prize to the democratic opposition in Belarus

    The democratic opposition in Belarus has won this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, European Parliament President David Sassoli announced today. The Sakharov Prize is awarded by the European Parliament every year in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the award of the prize to the Belarusian opposition and recalls that six journalists are still in prison in Belarus just for doing their job.
    October 23, 2020
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    Authorities put NEXTA logo and live channel on list of extremist materials

    On October 20, 2020, the Central Court of Minsk declared the NEXTA-Live Telegram channel and the NEXTA logo extremist.
    October 20, 2020
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    TUT.BY, BelaPAN, Onliner, and Belarusians and Market journalists covering weekend protests receive 13–15 days of jail

    October 19, 2020
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    Police detains at least 40 journalists on October 11 LIST

    On October 11, at least 40 journalists were detained in Belarus. The police detained journalists even before the protesters gathered in the streets.
    October 11, 2020
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    Silnye Novosti journalist Nadzeya Puzhynskaya to serve 14 days of jail. Her trial was not announced to public

    October 06, 2020
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    October 4: 16 journalists detained, five remain in custody until trial

    October 05, 2020
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    MFA to reaccredit foreign media, all old accreditation cards revoked

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has developed a new Regulation on the procedure for accreditation of foreign media in Belarus.
    October 02, 2020
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    60 journalists were detained in Belarus in September

    October 01, 2020
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    Belarus authorities suspend popular news portal’s status of media outlet

    On September 29, Belarusian Information Minister Ihar Lutski ordered to suspend TUT.BY’s status of an online media outlet for the period of three months starting October, 1.
    September 30, 2020
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