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Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
Human Rights in Belarus: UN Security Council Arria meeting. Speech of the BAJ representative
Volha Siakhovich, a representative of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, delivered speech during the UN Security Council Arria meeting.
Since the beginning of the 2020 presidential election campaign, the situation with freedom of speech in Belarus has deteriorated dramatically as the authorities launched a violent crackdown trying to discourage journalists and bloggers from reporting on election-related protests. Since May, the authorities have stepped up their efforts to curb media coverage of the protests in Belarus, with more journalists being arrested than ever before.
Journalists demonstrate; police make new arrests
151 journalists were detained in Belarus in August
Journalists detained on September 1 charged with participation in an unauthorized action
All the detained journalists are left in the police station for the night.
The following journalists were deprived of accreditation
Wall of silence in Belarus: massive withdrawal of press accreditations
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
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
Hospitalized Belarusian journalist Alena Scharbinskaya tells of beatings inside Minsk detention center
Currently there are 2 journalists in custody
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