Representatives of European journalistic unions spoke in support of their Belarusian colleagues on May 3

We recall that the cam­paign start­ed on May 3 in Vil­nius. BAJ called on jour­nal­is­tic and human rights orga­ni­za­tions of the world, well-known pub­lic fig­ures to join the action.

“The author­i­ties of Belarus con­tin­ue their bru­tal attack on jour­nal­ists and the media, effec­tive­ly putting inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ism with­in the coun­try on the verge of destruc­tion,” the BAJ state­ment says.

As of the morn­ing of May 3, 2023, 33 rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Belaru­sian inde­pen­dent media are in pris­ons and deten­tion facil­i­ties in Belarus.

The pres­i­dent of the Euro­pean Fed­er­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists Maja Sev­er also joined the action.

You can print por­traits of your impris­oned col­leagues, take pic­tures with them in edu­ca­tion­al places in your city (not in Belarus) and post them on social media with the tags #СвабодуЖурналістам and # BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist, and also send them to us intercomm@baj.media 

#СвабодуЖурналістам
#BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist