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    Journalist Ivan Murauyou talks about his three days in detention

    Today at 6.37 a.m. Ivan had tears of joy in his eyes, walking into his apartment building 21 Bedy Street after his release from Akrestsina detention center.
    August 16, 2020
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    Journalist Tatsiana Belashova: Akrestsina is a manmade hell

    August 16, 2020
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    Independent media advocate and journalist tell of challenges covering Belarus’s upcoming elections and coronavirus

    As Belarus’s August 9, 2020, presidential election nears with President Aleksandr Lukashenko vying to remain in power after 26 years in office, press freedom advocates say Belarusian authorities are cracking down on journalists and government critics. 
    July 03, 2020
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    Amnesty International: Bloggers and activists arrested in purge ahead of the presidential election must be released

    June 30, 2020
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    RSF calls for EU pressure after wave of arrests of journalists in Belarus

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrests of many journalists in the past days in Belarus, as the authorities try by every possible means to stop them covering rallies in support of opposition candidates in the upcoming presidential election. The European Union must press the government to stop the harassment, RSF said.
    June 24, 2020
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    How Belarusian officials withhold information about COVID-19 from the public. Editors of Belarusian media tell their stories

    May 28, 2020
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    Journalist Siarhei Satsuk asked to publish this text in case of his arrest

    March 30, 2020
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    Tatsiana Tkachova: If I stop loving the process, stop loving the way the cherries bloom, then it’s time to die

    March 02, 2020
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    After the parliamentary elections: political and media freedom in Belarus

    Following the parliamentary elections in Belarus in November, the Representation of Sweden to the EU hosted a meeting on 21 November with experts from Belarus and representatives of the EU Member States and institutions. The aim was to get an update on the impressions of how the elections were implemented and the situation for journalists.
    December 03, 2019
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    Declaration on the need for geographical localization of internet services and the recognition of the Belarusian segment of the internet as a separate market

    November 20, 2019
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    Journalists face numerous obstacles when covering parliamentary elections in Belarus

    Reporters were not allowed to shoot or were put in conditions which made it impossible to work. Here are some facts from the recent election coverage.
    November 20, 2019
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    EOC defends placing the European Games in Belarus

    June 18, 2019
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    Media Under Attack as European Games Loom

    May 22, 2019
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    Harlem Désir: There Are Brave Journalists Ready to Fight for the Diversity of Opinions in Belarus

    March 19, 2019
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    BelTA Case: Facts, lists, related links

    The Investigative Committee has instigated on the criminal case under Art. 349 Part 2 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized access to computer information, made of other personal interest that results in substantial harm). Guilty: Zolatava to Pay a Fine and BelTA Costs Statement of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Belarusian Pen Center on Conviction of Maryna Zolatava
    March 07, 2019
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