Statements by BAW and partners

BAJ statement: Verdicts in the “BelaPAN case” are revenge for professional activity and position

The Minsk Regional Court sentenced journalists of the oldest independent news agency BelaPAN to long terms of imprisonment.

07.10.2022

BAJ: Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of any democratic society. The 9 August anniversary statement

08.08.2022

BAJ demands repealing of Iryna Slaunikava’s sentence: Journalists are not extremists, dissent is not a crime STATEMENT

03.08.2022

EFJ: Belarus: journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva sentenced to 8 years for alleged treason

Белорусская журналистка  Екатерина Андреева , корреспондент польского независимого телеканала «  Белсат» , 13 июля была приговорена к восьми годам лишения свободы по обвинению в государственной измене. Европейская  федерация журналистов  (EFJ) осуждает эту пародию на правосудие и призывает власти Беларуси прекратить преследование и преследование работников СМИ и освободить всех журналистов, осужденных за свою работу.

13.07.2022

BAJ expresses indignation and protests against Katsiaryna Andrejeva’s sentence

13.07.2022

Journalists are not criminals! Five media representatives’ trials about to start in Belarus STATEMENT

The Belarusian Association of Journalists demands an end to the crackdown on its members.

01.06.2022

Must stop the genocide together (The Appeal of the NUJU to foreign journalists)

Dear journalists and media workers of world media, We, the National Journalists Union of Ukraine, would like to thank you for the support of Ukraine, which we feel in times of Russian invasion into our country.

05.04.2022

Open letter from European journalists, media associations to Russian journalists, who are engaged in war propaganda

23.03.2022

BAJ demands to release and overturn sentence of Nasha Niva journalists Yahor Martsinovich and Andrei Skurko

15.03.2022

Statement On Non-Discrimination and Closing the EU Space for Belarusian Citizens by EaP CSF BNP

We, Belarusian activists and civil society organizations, united within the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, condemn the military invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. Ukrainians heroically resist aggression and do everything possible to protect their citizens and the country.

10.03.2022

BAJ supports Ukrainian colleagues and calls for solidarity with Ukrainian media

04.03.2022

BAJ demands to stop using anti-extremist legislation to restrict freedom of speech

17.11.2021

BAJ outraged by security forces interfering in the work of BelaPAN

The Belarusian Association of Journalists is outraged by another act of severe pressure on independent media. On August 18, the office of BelaPAN news agency and the apartments of its employees were searched as part of a criminal case. Access to the company's website is blocked.

18.08.2021

Nasha Niva journalists are political prisoners

12.07.2021

Stop crackdown on Belarus independent media

08.07.2021