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Guarantors for TUT.BY case defenders fined $7,300
Media manager Kanstantsin Zalatykh sentenced to 4 years in prison
Aliaksandr Mantsevich charged with “spreading false information”
This is reported by the Investigative Committee.
Editor-in-chief of Rehijanalnaja Hazeta, Aliaksandr Mantsevich, is accused of "spreading deliberately false information defaming Belarus and its authorities."
Rehijanalnaja Hazeta’s editor-in-chief criminally charged and put in custody
Journalists Dzmitry Semchanka and Henadz Mazheika sentenced to 3 years in prison for inciting enmity
On March 23, in separate hearings, Minsk City Court sentenced Dzmitry Semchanka, a former All-national TV anchor, and Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent Henadz Mazheika to three years in prison for "inciting enmity" against public officials.
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All-National TV anchor Dzmitry Semchanka’s trial starts today
On 21 March, the trial of political TV commentator Dzmitry Semchanka started at Minsk City Court. The well-known regime promoter and head of the presidential pool of journalists was accused of "incitement of social hatred" by means of derogatory comments in Telegram groups. The maximum penalty under this article is up to five years in prison
Journalist Ihar Losik attempts suicide in jail
Political prisoner Ihar Losik attempted suicide in the correctional facility, as reported by the Viasna human rights center.
Two TUT.BY media workers sentenced to 12 years in prison, three more wanted
On 17 March, Minsk City Court read out the sentence in the TUT.BY case.
Infa-Kurier’s editor-in-chief and his deputy detained for 15 days for defying police
Valeryia Kastsiuhova and Tatsiana Kuzina sentenced to 10 years in prison
Regional mass media representatives searched and detained
Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Prison Terms For Belarusian Activists Considered Political Prisoners
MINSK -- The prosecutor at the trial of two activists in Belarus -- Valeryya Kastsyuhova and Tatsyana Kuzina -- has asked a court in Minsk to convict the two women and sentence them to 10 years in prison each as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent under authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
Convicted journalist Iryna Slaunikava’s vision deteriorated
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