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Investigative Committee: BAJ appeal concerning detention of 47 journalists is “abstract”. Case will not be examined
On August 28, after many journalists were detainedin Minsk and Brest, the Belarusian Association of Journalists addressed the Chairman of the Investigative Committee with a statement asking for initiation of a criminal case on the obstruction of the legitimate professional activity of journalists.
September 11, 2020
EFJ calls on Council of Europe to support Belarusian journalists
September 09, 2020
Valeria Ulasik charges under administrative case, apartment search
September 08, 2020
Six journalists were detained over weekend. Two people weren’t released
September 07, 2020
Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
September 04, 2020
Human Rights in Belarus: UN Security Council Arria meeting. Speech of the BAJ representative
September 04, 2020
Journalists demonstrate; police make new arrests
September 04, 2020
151 journalists were detained in Belarus in August
September 02, 2020
Journalists detained on September 1 charged with participation in an unauthorized action
September 01, 2020
The following journalists were deprived of accreditation
August 29, 2020
Wall of silence in Belarus: massive withdrawal of press accreditations
After the arbitrary detention of about 50 journalists on Thursday, the Belarusian authorities are stepping up the withdrawal of press accreditations for journalists covering the country’s news for foreign media. A wall of silence is gradually isolating Belarus from the rest of the world. The EFJ condemns the inaction and wait-and-see attitude of the international community.
The Belarusian Interdepartmental Commission on Security in the Information Sphere has proceeded to a massive cancellation of press accreditations issued to journalists working for foreign media (AFP, AP, ARD, BBC, RFE/RL, Reuters, RFI…) in recent days.
August 29, 2020
Foreign journalists lose their accreditation in Belarus
The journalists of the German TV channel ARD detained the day before in Minsk and have been stripped of their accreditation. Russian representatives will be deported from Belarus. A protocol has been drawn up against the Belarusian representative Ilia Kuzniatsou for his alleged participation in a mass action. It also became known that Belarusian journalists working for the BBC, Reuters, Radio Svaboda, AFP and others have been denied accreditation.
August 29, 2020
Belarus: criminal complaint against obstruction of journalists’ work
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) on Friday demanded the opening of a criminal investigation against those who detained at least 47 journalists on Thursday 27 August to prevent them from covering the protests against disputed President Lukashenko in Belarus. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) fully supports the legal proceedings initiated by its affiliate BAJ.
August 28, 2020
About 50 journalists detained, 4 to stand trial, 1 deported
August 27, 2020
Belarus: judicial repression after police repression
August 25, 2020
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