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Reporters without borders: Belarus tries to silence the most popular independent news site
Belarus: Stop harassment of independent media outlet TUT.BY
Case Against TUT.BY: At Least 11 Employees Still In Detention After Raids
TUT.BY Case. Day two. UPDATED
May 18 has become a black Tuesday for the Belarusian segment of the Internet. Disturbing news from TUT.BY newsroom has been pouring in since early morning. Detentions, website blocking, a criminal case... TUT.BY office was searched until late at night, and the staff still inside were let go one by one. We will be updating you on the main news on this high-profile case throughout the day.
IMS calls international community take robust action stop abuses against journalists, media in Belarus
Security Forces Come To TUT.BY Offices, Editors’ Apartments
OSCE Media Freedom Representative deplores detention of journalists in Belarus
TUT.BY Journalist Lyubov Kasperovich arrested for 15 days
TUT.BY Journalist Borisevich Transferred To Gomel Women’s Colony
As TUT.BY learned, recently our colleague Katerina Borisevich was transferred to the women’s colony in Gomel. Katerina was sentenced to six months of imprisonment in the so-called “0 ‰ of alcohol” case. The term of imprisonment expires on 19 May, that is, in two days she must be released.
Journalists Alexander Burakou and Uladzimir Laptsevich punished with 20-day arrests, report torture following detention
Belarus repression intensifies: 16 journalists behind bars
Students’ Case Trial: Police Disperse And Detain Supporters, TUT.BY Journalist
On 14 May, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk begins to consider the “case of students” who were detained last November and accused of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order. There are 12 accused in total: ten students from different Minsk universities, a medical graduate and a teacher at BSUIR. For more than six months they have been in jail. By the beginning of the first session, more than a hundred people had come to the courthouse, but only some of them managed to get inside. Journalists of independent media and even some relatives of the accused had to wait outside. Police asked the crowd to disperse, after which the arrests took place.
Minsk police detain photo reporter Tatsyana Kapitonava who worked at conference
Journalists trying to cover trial in Mahiliou detained and placed in custody
Ministry of Information warns Intex-press. Beldruk kiosks refuse to sell the paper
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