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Homiel: Two Belsat TV contributors detained
September 11, 2020
Investigative Committee: BAJ appeal concerning detention of 47 journalists is “abstract”. Case will not be examined
September 11, 2020
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.
September 09, 2020
Valeria Ulasik charges under administrative case, apartment search
September 08, 2020
Six journalists were detained over weekend. Two people weren’t released
Journalists were detained while working during the protests.
September 07, 2020
Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
Today the Lithuanian Union of Journalists’ (LŽS) Journalist Rights Defence and Monitoring Committee officially appealed to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a proposal to take active action to defend journalists in neighbouring Belarus from baseless persecution.
September 04, 2020
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.
September 04, 2020
Journalists demonstrate; police make new arrests
September 04, 2020
151 journalists were detained in Belarus in August
September 02, 2020
Journalists detained on September 1 charged with participation in an unauthorized action
September 01, 2020
The following journalists were deprived of accreditation
August 29, 2020
Wall of silence in Belarus: massive withdrawal of press accreditations
August 29, 2020
Foreign journalists lose their accreditation in Belarus
August 29, 2020
Belarus: criminal complaint against obstruction of journalists’ work
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) on Friday demanded the opening of a criminal investigation against those who detained at least 47 journalists on Thursday 27 August to prevent them from covering the protests against disputed President Lukashenko in Belarus. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) fully supports the legal proceedings initiated by its affiliate BAJ.
August 28, 2020
About 50 journalists detained, 4 to stand trial, 1 deported
August 27, 2020
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