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Repressions against journalists in Belarus 2025, list of colleagues in prison

31 December 2025

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

The following journalists are in jail at the moment.

Andrei Aliaksandrau,
Dzianis Ivashyn,
Liudmila Chekina,
Dzmitryi Navazhylau,
Siarhei Satsuk,
Andrei Famin,
Ales Sabaleuski,
Aliaksandr Ihnatsiuk
Yauhen Hlushkou
Volha Radzivonava
Anton Kazelski
Damiil Palianski,
Ihar Ilyash
Siarhei Chabotska
Uladzimir Yanukevich
Andrei Pakalenka
Palina Pitkevich
Pavel Dabravolski
Kiryl Pazniak
Yanina Pazniak
Aleh Khamenka
Yury Trashchynski

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