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Barysau photographer Aliaksandr Ziankou sentenced to 3 years in prison
Siarhei Hardziyevich, former political prisoner and journalist, detained for 15 days
Ex-journalist and political prisoner Siarhei Hardziyevich redetained
Aksana Yuchkavich, a former journalist for catholic.by, detained
According to the Telegram channel Chryscijanskaja Vizija, Aksana Yuchkavich was arrested yesterday.
Belarusian Radio Racyja declared “extremist formation”
Prosecutor General’s Office opens six criminal cases against Siarhei Dubavets, an RFE/RL employee
Sviatlana Lupach, convicted daughter of independent journalist Dzmitry Lupach, listed as extremist
Sviatlana Lupach’s name was included in the List of Citizens of the Republic of Belarus, Foreign Citizens, and Stateless Persons Involved in Extremist Activities on January 19th. According to the list record, Lupach was imprisoned under Article 342 of the Criminal Code for organizing or participating in actions that grossly violated public order. Last August, the human rights community recognized her as a political prisoner.
Imprisoned journalist Larysa Shchyrakova “adopted” by British MP
Former videographer Yauhen Hlushkou detained in Mahiliou
Currently, he is in the local temporary detention facility.
Kyky.org media suspended due to funding problems
RockRadioBY launched in Ukraine
Barysau photographer Aliaksandr Ziankou to be tried on January 12
The criminal case hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Minsk City Court. Judge Zhana Brysina will preside over the session. Ziankou is charged with participating in an extremist formation. If convicted, he faces a sentence of two to six years of imprisonment or freedom restriction.
Ales Sabaleuski not released following second administrative detention
The authorities seized BAJ’s domain name and email address. Using Belarusian hosting and domain name providers is not safe anymore. BAJ to appeal to ICANN
The Operational and Analytical Center under the President of Belarus seized the domain name of the Belarusian Association of Journalists' website baj.by. The organization considers this a gross violation of property rights and another attack on freedom of speech. BAJ applied to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Belarusian media workers behind bars. Portraits
As campaigning for the 2020 elections began, the Belarusian authorities launched a war on journalists and independent media.
They were stripped of their press cards, beaten, shot with rubber bullets, arrested and detained for weeks, and charged with criminal offenses. Since then, journalists have been arrested on more than 500 occasions.
The Belarusian Association of Journalists monitors all cases of harassment of journalists and media workers. Below, you will find information on those imprisoned on criminal charges.
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