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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
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
September 07, 2020
Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
September 04, 2020
Human Rights in Belarus: UN Security Council Arria meeting. Speech of the BAJ representative
September 04, 2020
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.
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
All the detained journalists are left in the police station for the night.
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
On August 27, the police detained the journalists covering events on Freedom and Independence Square in Minsk.
They were taken to Kastrychnitski police department for checking their ids. Altogether, about 50 journalists were detained. The police released most of them after checking their documents. However, four journalists refused to give their smartphones to police for a check-up. Therefore, the police drew up reports with charges of participation in an unauthorized mass action. Katsiaryna Andreyeva, Maksim Harchanok, Aliaksandr Vasiukovich, and Andrei Yarashevich were left in custody until trial.
Swedish journalist Paul Hansen will be deported. Swedish ambassador to Belarus Christina Johannesson came to the Kastrychnitski police station where the journalists were kept. Paul Hansen is to leave Belarus tomorrow. He is banned
from travelling to Belarus for 5 years.
BelaPAN journalist Tatsiana Karavenkova was taken to hospital by an ambulance.
August 27, 2020
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