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“We will continue until the repression stops. International Press Institute Launches Twitter Project on Belarus
June 30, 2023
Tatsiana Pytsko extends the list of media representatives behind bars in Belarus. Now it counts 34 journalists
The Belarusian Association of Journalists has learned that Tatsiana Pytsko, the detained wife of Viachaslau Lazarau, a cameraman from Vitsebsk, is accused of alleged cooperation with the Belsat TV channel.
June 26, 2023
Reform.by wins Free Media Awards
The Reform.by editorial team was awarded the 2023 Free Media Prize for “covering the developments in Belarus under particularly difficult conditions”.
June 22, 2023
Tatsiana Pytsko prosecuted for helping her husband, videographer Viachaslau Lazarau
June 22, 2023
BAJ piece on dismissed state TV employees deemed “extremist”
June 21, 2023
BAJ website censored in Russia
June 19, 2023
Ministry of Information cancels registration of Narodnaya Volya newspaper
June 19, 2023
Increased repression against the Belarusian Union of Journalists
June 16, 2023
BAJ logo declared extremist
June 14, 2023
Ranak TV channel staff members detained and fined
The arrested employees of the Ranak TV channel have been charged with administrative offenses. They were accused of broadcasting “extremist” content. The court sentenced the arrested men to seven days of administrative detention, while the women were fined, Mediazona Belarus reported, citing the Homel chapter of the Viasna Human Rights Center.
June 13, 2023
Tatsiana Pytko, wife of imprisoned cameraman Viachaslau Lazarau, detained
June 08, 2023
Lukashenka Pardons Russian Jailed After Forced Landing Of Commercial Flight
MINSK -- Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka has pardoned Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was serving a six-year prison term in Belarus on charges related to civil disturbances that followed a disputed 2020 presidential election.
June 08, 2023
Mother of imprisoned journalist Larysa Shchyrakova dies
June 07, 2023
Homel journalist and local history expert Yauhen Merkis was sentenced to 4 years
On May 30, the Homel Regional Court announced its verdict for journalist, historian, and local history expert Yauhen Merkis who received 4 years of imprisonment in a enhanced regime colony. Judge Aliaksei Khlyshchankou found Merkis guilty under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ("Assistance to extremist activity"), as well as under Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code ("Participation in extremist formation").
May 31, 2023
Poland Puts Sanctions On 365 Belarusians Over Journalist’s Jailing
May 30, 2023
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