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Salihorsk-based publication Lider-Press forced to quit media field after 28 years of activity
September 23, 2021
“We are waiting for this nightmare to end.” Human rights activist Sudalenka spends his birthday behind bars
The well-known human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka has been kept in custody for 248 days. He marks his 55th anniversary in the court hearing. The authorities treated his legal and financial assistance to people as “organization and financing of public disorder acts”.
September 23, 2021
16 September marks BAJ’s 26th anniversary
In autumn 1995, 38 Belarusian professionals founded the organization that has protected and promoted the interests of journalists in Belarus for the next quarter of a century.
September 16, 2021
Media manager Andrei Aliaksandrau to stay in custody for two more months
September 14, 2021
Convicted journalists Andreyeva and Chultsova get 2.5‑month sentence reduction
September 14, 2021
Sports journalist sentenced to 15 days in jail over “extremist” content
According to the team, a judge of the Centraĺny District Court in Minsk found Mr. Masloŭski guilty of distributing extremist material, an offense penalized by the Civil Offenses Code’s Article 19.11.
Mr. Masloŭski was arrested on September 6.
September 09, 2021
Press Club Belarus founder wins World Press Freedom Hero award
Press Club Belarus founder Julija Sluckaja has been announced the winner of the 2021 World Press Freedom Hero award.
Awarded by the International Press Institute (IPI), the World Press Freedom Hero award honors journalists who have made significant contributions to the promotion of press freedom, particularly in the face of great personal risk.
September 09, 2021
Police trash apartment of former TV presenter
September 08, 2021
Access to popular local news site blocked over “extremist” content
Minsk, 7 September. Access to the Media-Polesye online news publication has been blocked by decision of the Brest Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Tuesday.
September 08, 2021
BelaPAN current and former directors charged with tax evasion
September 08, 2021
Another journalist linked to sports news site arrested over protests
Minsk, 7 September. Andrej Masloŭski, a journalist who worked for the now-blacklisted sports news website by.tribuna.com for more than a decade, was arrested on September 6.
September 08, 2021
Crackdown on independent journalists continues in Belarus
September 07, 2021
Authorities reject request for release of prominent journalist Andrej Skurko
The Investigative Committee of Belarus has turned down a request for the release of Andrej Skurko, a prominent journalist and the head of the online publication Naša Niva’s advertising and marketing department, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
September 03, 2021
Authorities raid homes of sports journalists
September 03, 2021
Media manager Andrei Aliaksandrau suspected of tax evasion
September 02, 2021
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