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Three journalists detained in Minsk on December 13
Belsat reporter Stas Ivashkevich, photographer Henadz Veratsinski, and Onliner editor Mikalai Hradziushka were detained in Minsk on December 13.
Investigative Committee summons all Nasha Niva staff for questioning
Four journalists detained on Sunday. Two were not released and are to be tried
Nine journalists targeted by criminal investigation
Daria Chultsova remains in custody. Assumable, a criminal charges
Prosecutor General’s office investigates into publicising of Bandarenka’s medical data. TUT.BY journalist sent to KGB detention center
Altogether, Belarusian journalists have already spent 900 days behind the bars this year
BAJ won the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award
23 journalists detained on November 15. Updated
On November 15, the people of Belarus held protests and actions in memory of Raman Bandarenka, killed by unknown people in plain clothes.
People in Minsk, regional centers and small towns took to the streets. In Minsk, the police did not allow people to gather on the central streets. Thousands of people came to the Square of Change (the popular name of the neighborhood, whose residents actively participate in the protests) in Minsk, where Raman Bandarenka had been killed. The drivers supported the protesters by honking their car horns.
In the evening, the police surrounded the block and attacked the protesters using special weapons, many were taken away in police trucks. People were grabbed and beaten even in the nearby store.
Police detained journalists covering teh protests in Minsk, Vitebsk, Hrodna and Pinsk. We know of 23 detentions of journalists.
Police search the house of Hazeta Slonimskaya founder
In Slonim, investigators came with a search warrant to the founder of the independent Hazeta Slonimaskaya newspaper Hanna Valadashchuk.
Police seizes journalist’s car
On Saturday, freelance journalists Daria Chultsova and Ales Silich were detained. Silich was driving during detention. The police kept then in a cell of Partyzanski police department for three hours.
Nasta Zakharevich and Ilya Dabratvor detained in Minsk
Full support of European journalists to their colleagues in Belarus
Since August, 9 journalists have been detained 320 times in Belarus
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.
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