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Homel journalist Yauhen Merkis to serve extra 12 days in jail
September 29, Homel freelance journalist and local history expert, BAJ member Yauhen Merkis was supposed to be released after serving a 15-day arrest on charges of participating in a protest march. However, he did not walk out of the detention center today. Yauhen managed to inform us from behind bars that the police leaves him there for another 12 days — to serve another 12 days from the jail term in August, when he was also arrested for 15 days for alleged participation in an unauthorized mass event.
September 30, 2020
EFJ demands release of 15 detained journalists in Belarus
September 28, 2020
Five journalists detained in Belarus on Sunday, September 27
September 28, 2020
8 journalists detained on Saturday, September 26
On Saturday, September 26th, women held protest marches in Belarus. The police detained both protesters and journalists.
September 26, 2020
Journalists detained while greeting colleagues released from Akrestsina detention center. They were arrested and fined
September 25, 2020
Nasha Niva chief editor Yahor Martsinovich detained as suspect in criminal case
Editor-in-chief of Nasha Niva Yahor Martsinovich is suspected under Article 188 of the Criminal Code (libel). He will spend the next three days in an isolation ward.
September 23, 2020
Nasha Niva to be fined for the situation around injury of their journalist
September 21, 2020
On Sunday Dzianis Borshch, Siarhei Kazlovich and Mikalai Maminau were detained in Minsk
September 21, 2020
Photogphers get 11 days of jail. They covered the protests, while the court ruled they were protesters
September 18, 2020
EFJ welcomes OSCE mission to Belarus
September 18, 2020
Join us in supporting media freedom in Belarus: #BAJ25RAZAM
The EFJ affiliate in Belarus, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), celebrates today its 25th anniversary in a particularly hostile context. The EFJ is proud of Belarusian colleagues in their struggle for media freedom and against repression and censorship. We call on all journalists’ organisations and all journalists to show solidarity with colleagues in Belarus. Use the hashtag #BAJ25RAZAM on social networks.
September 16, 2020
Belarusian Association of Journalists celebrates its 25th anniversary!
September 16, 2020
EFJ General Secretary Ricardo Gutiérrez: What are we waiting for to impose sanctions on those responsible?
Eleven journalists detained in Belarus this weekend.
September 14, 2020
Journalists detained in Minsk and Belarus regions on 12 and 13 September
September 14, 2020
STATEMENT by member of the European Pparliament Petras Auštrevičius on freezing cooperation with Belarusian authorities within the EU Eastern Partnership policy framework
September 11, 2020
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