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Belarusian journalists detained, forced to make ‘confession’ videos
UN experts call for immediate release of jailed Nobel winner and other rights defenders in Belarus
Police-affiliated Telegram channel published video of detained journalists Aliaksandr Lychauka and Sniazhana Inanets
Ales Bialiatski becomes Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Human rights activist and political prisoner Ales Bialiatski has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize was also awarded to the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.
CPJ condemns Belarus ‘witch hunt’ after three BelaPAN journalists sentenced to lengthy prison terms
Defendants in BelaPAN case sentenced to 4 to 14 years of prison
On 6 October, the Minsk Regional Court announced the sentences for the four defendants in the case of the BelaPAN independent news agency. Political prisoners will have to spend the next few years behind bars.
KGB puts political prisoner Andrei Pachobut on “terrorist list”
Ex-state media journalist Dzmitry Semchanka sentenced to 13 more days of arrest
Journalist Ksenia Lutskina sentenced to 8 years in prison
Belarusian RFE/RL Journalist Released From Penal Colony, Arrives In Lithuania
Journalist Pavel Mazheika recognized as political prisoner
“Espionage”. Supreme Court changed wording in Katsiaryna Andreyeva’s case while uphelding the verdict
The court session was held in camera on 20 September.
Bobruisky Kurier chief editor Anatol Sanatsenka detained
As BAJ learned from Babruisk journalists, Sanatsenka was arrested for 15 days under unascertained circumstances.
Remembrance Day for Fallen Journalists of Ukraine marked by exhibition presenting work of media workers during the war in Vilnius
Help for the family of Denis Ivashin, a journalist on trial for “treason against the state”
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