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EFJ welcomes OSCE mission to Belarus
Join us in supporting media freedom in Belarus: #BAJ25RAZAM
Belarusian Association of Journalists celebrates its 25th anniversary!
EFJ General Secretary Ricardo Gutiérrez: What are we waiting for to impose sanctions on those responsible?
Eleven journalists detained in Belarus this weekend.
Journalists detained in Minsk and Belarus regions on 12 and 13 September
STATEMENT by member of the European Pparliament Petras Auštrevičius on freezing cooperation with Belarusian authorities within the EU Eastern Partnership policy framework
Homiel: Two Belsat TV contributors detained
Larysa Shchyrakova, a Homiel-based Belsat journalist, is currently in the police department.
Investigative Committee: BAJ appeal concerning detention of 47 journalists is “abstract”. Case will not be examined
On August 28, after many journalists were detainedin Minsk and Brest, the Belarusian Association of Journalists addressed the Chairman of the Investigative Committee with a statement asking for initiation of a criminal case on the obstruction of the legitimate professional activity of journalists.
EFJ calls on Council of Europe to support Belarusian journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on Tuesday called on the member states of the Council of Europe to put an end to the repression of journalists in Belarus. 159 journalists have been detained since the fraudulent elections of 9 August.
Valeria Ulasik charges under administrative case, apartment search
In the morning, the police knocked on the doors of BAJ member Valeria Ulasik. They searched her apartment. She is a suspect in an administrative case.
During the search the police seized cell phones, two laptops and flash drives.
Her mother, TUT.BY editor Halina Ulasik is not detained. She is talking to a lawyer after the search. Valeria Ulasik is also a journalist, and works in PR sphere.
Six journalists were detained over weekend. Two people weren’t released
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
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
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