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    Cameraman Uladzimir Luniou: ‘I didn’t belive we would get out of there alive’

    A cameraman Uladzimir Luniou was filming peaceful protest actions in Minsk. On August 10, he was besieged by police near the ‘Pushkinskaya’ metro station. He was detained at about 11.30 pm, despite wearing a vest with the word “Press” and trying to explain that he was an independent journalist. According to the reporter, he was kept 'in inhumane conditions' in custody for 34 hours.  He was released later, but his personal belongings were not returned to him. Moreover, he had to visit the detention center again, in order to get his passport back. The court ruling of August 21 has not been sent to him yet.
    September 04, 2020
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    Declaring war on the truth: the crackdown on independent media in Belarus

    August 28, 2020
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    Riot policeman deliberately shoots at Nasha Niva journalist Natalia Lubneuskaya from 10 meters VIDEO

    Nasha Niva journalist Natalia Lubneuskaya was injured by a rubber bullet on August 10.
    August 26, 2020
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    “I will murder you. I can do it today.” Journalists from Babruysk Clobbered and Tortured

    Representatives of law-enforcement agencies brutally detained four independent journalists in Babruysk (Mahilou region) on August 10, 2020. Three of them were detained next to the local pretrial detention center, where the relatives of the previously locked up Babruysk dwellers gathered and waited for court decisions. The fourth journalist was taken into custody at his wife’s work place. 
    August 23, 2020
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    Journalist Ivan Murauyou talks about his three days in detention

    August 16, 2020
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    Journalist Tatsiana Belashova: Akrestsina is a manmade hell

    August 16, 2020
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    Independent media advocate and journalist tell of challenges covering Belarus’s upcoming elections and coronavirus

    As Belarus’s August 9, 2020, presidential election nears with President Aleksandr Lukashenko vying to remain in power after 26 years in office, press freedom advocates say Belarusian authorities are cracking down on journalists and government critics. 
    July 03, 2020
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    Amnesty International: Bloggers and activists arrested in purge ahead of the presidential election must be released

    June 30, 2020
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    RSF calls for EU pressure after wave of arrests of journalists in Belarus

    June 24, 2020
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    How Belarusian officials withhold information about COVID-19 from the public. Editors of Belarusian media tell their stories

    May 28, 2020
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    Journalist Siarhei Satsuk asked to publish this text in case of his arrest

    March 30, 2020
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    Tatsiana Tkachova: If I stop loving the process, stop loving the way the cherries bloom, then it’s time to die

    March 02, 2020
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    After the parliamentary elections: political and media freedom in Belarus

    Following the parliamentary elections in Belarus in November, the Representation of Sweden to the EU hosted a meeting on 21 November with experts from Belarus and representatives of the EU Member States and institutions. The aim was to get an update on the impressions of how the elections were implemented and the situation for journalists.
    December 03, 2019
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    Declaration on the need for geographical localization of internet services and the recognition of the Belarusian segment of the internet as a separate market

    November 20, 2019
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    Journalists face numerous obstacles when covering parliamentary elections in Belarus

    Reporters were not allowed to shoot or were put in conditions which made it impossible to work. Here are some facts from the recent election coverage.
    November 20, 2019
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