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Press Club Belarus remains committed to its principles
For over five years, Press Club Belarus, an Associate Member of the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC) since 2016, has contributed to the Belarusian media community's development, promoted journalistic standards, and acted as a discussion platform. We have organised dozens of lectures and masterclasses with world-renowned experts and facilitated numerous initiatives to develop quality journalism in Belarus.
December 28, 2020
Press Club Belarus case: Five persons detained
December 24, 2020
Searches In Press Club Office, Employees Are Detained For 72 Hours
December 22, 2020
Andrei Bastunets walks out from questioning
In the morning Andrei Bastunets was interrogated as a witness in a criminal case, instigated under Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls to actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus).
December 16, 2020
BAJ Chair to be questioned tomorrow in case of harm to national security
December 15, 2020
Number of journalists jailed worldwide hits record amid unrest, pandemic
December 15, 2020
Three journalists detained in Minsk on December 13
December 14, 2020
Investigative Committee summons all Nasha Niva staff for questioning
December 07, 2020
Four journalists detained on Sunday. Two were not released and are to be tried
On Sunday, November 29, police detained journalists in Minsk and Brest during the coverage and after the protests.
November 30, 2020
Nine journalists targeted by criminal investigation
November 23, 2020
Daria Chultsova remains in custody. Assumable, a criminal charges
November 23, 2020
Prosecutor General’s office investigates into publicising of Bandarenka’s medical data. TUT.BY journalist sent to KGB detention center
November 20, 2020
Altogether, Belarusian journalists have already spent 900 days behind the bars this year
November 18, 2020
BAJ won the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award
November 16, 2020
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.
November 15, 2020
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