News
Subscribe to our news in social networks
Four belarusian journalists go on trial as Lukashenka’s crackdown continues
MINSK -- Four journalists from the banned BelaPAN news agency have gone on trial in Minsk as the Belarusian government continues to crack down on independent media following mass protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in August 2020 that handed victory to authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
June 07, 2022
Orwell would be surprised: why journalists are jailed in Belarus. Online briefing
June 01, 2022
Jailed belarusian RFE/RL journalist transferred to penal colony
May 30, 2022
Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June
Six Belarusian media workers have their court hearings scheduled for June.
Andrei Aliaksandrau, Dzmitry Navazhylau, Iryna Leushyna, Aksana Kolb, Andrei Kuznechyk, Iryna Slaunikava, and Katsiaryna Andrejeva face from 3 to 15 years in prison.
Below is a list of charges and hearings dates.
May 27, 2022
Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown
May 27, 2022
Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
May 20, 2022
Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper “Belorusy i Rynok”
May 18, 2022
Journalist who photographed Russian military vehicles taken into custody
May 12, 2022
Journalist criminally detained in Baranavichy for sending photos to ‘extremist media’
A 23-year-old correspondent of Baranavichy-based Intex-Press has been criminally charged for facilitation of extremist activities (Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code), reports the pro-government Telegram channel ‘Obratnaya storona’.
May 06, 2022
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava accused of founding an extremist formation
April 29, 2022
Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner
April 29, 2022
BAJ awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022
April 27, 2022
Photographers to children.Charity sale of works by Ukrainian photographers. PHOTO
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief Novy Chas newspaper, was charged and transferred to prizon
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor of Novy Chas newspaper, detained for 10 days
Today law enforcers came to Aksana Kolb’s house and took her away for interrogation.
Around 3 p.m. she called her relatives and informed them that she had been detained for 10 days. The case and her status remain unknown.
April 20, 2022
Every day send to your mailbox: actual offers (grants, vacancies, competitions, scholarships), announcements of events (lectures, performances, presentations, press conferences) and good content.
By subscribing to the newsletter, you agree to the Privacy Policy
