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Maryna Zolatava
Katsiaryna Andreyeva
Katsiaryna Andreyeva, Belsat TV journalist, behind bars since 15 November 2020. On 15 November 2020, Katsiaryna Andreyeva (Bakhvalava) was arrested in an apartment on the Square of Change, from where she was broadcasting the protests for the Belsat TV channel. Ten SWAT officers broke the door and rushed inside ordering her to pack her things. Katsiaryna was […]
Pavel Seviarynets
Pavel Seviarynets, opposition politician, writer, BAJ member. Pavel Seviarynets is an opposition politician and a co-founder of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party. He was arrested on June 7, 2020. After that, he was sentenced to at least three terms of detention, 15 days each, for participating in election pickets and calls to participate in mass events. […]
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Dzianis Ivashyn
Dzianis Ivashyn, volunteer editor of the InformNapalm international intelligence community and freelance correspondent of Novy Chas newspaper, was detained by KGB officers on 12 March 2021 in his apartment in Hrodna. The journalist has been charged with «obstructing the work of a policeman» and «high treason.» His family believes the detention is connected with Ivashyn’s investigation into the service […]
Larysa Shchyrakova
Larysa Shchyrakova, a former independent journalist from Homel, was detained on December 6. Later it became known that a criminal case was brought against her for «discrediting the Republic of Belarus.» Shchyrakova’s minor son was taken to a children’s shelter on the day of his mother’s arrest. His father, who lives in Russia, was able […]
“We are here to remind the public of Belarusian journalists behind bars, and of all Belarusian political prisoners in general.” Video report from solidarity action
International journalist organizations call for release of Andrei Hniot
Aliaksandr Kornyshau’s parents’ house searched over his appearance in Belsat TV show
“Stick to the truth, stick together!”
“Stick to the truth, stick together!” The war against the media is global, the threats are worldwide. On 3 May, BAJ and LUJ will once again remind us of the problems that journalists face in Belarus and around the world.
Former journalist Aksana Yuchkavich sentenced to three years of home confinement
Babruisk journalist Dzianis Nosau released after administrative detention
Tatsiana Pytsko fined for distributing “extremist materials”
CPJ сondemns seizure of domain names from independent media in Belarus
Two years in prison and $36,700 fine for “cooperation” with Belsat TV
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