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Former National TV journalist sentenced to 4 years in prison
Supreme Court rejects appeal of journalist Iryna Slaunikava in closed session
Belorusy i rynok newspaper suspends its publication after 32 years of printing
The publication is missing from the Belarusian post catalog for the first half of 2023. There will be no print or electronic PDF version of the newspaper during this period, the editorial office told @pozirkonline.
Ex-journalist Larysa Shchyrakova detained in Homel, her son taken to orphanage
Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich to receive Hope for Freedom Award
At the Free Journalism Forum held on 1 December in the Seimas of Lithuania, the Hope for Freedom Award was presented to journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich, who has recently been released from prison and left Belarus.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Strong democracy cannot be built without independent media”
BAJ, Viasna and ABF start collecting humanitarian aid for Ukraine in Vilnius
Ten years of imprisonment: Supreme Court dismisses Aliaksandr Fiaduta’s appeal
Dzianis Ivashyn preventively registered as extremism-prone
August2020 Instagram page deemed extremist
The August2020 project was created by a group of independent journalists and volunteers to collect and publish the stories of people tortured by security forces, reports Viasna Human Rights Center.
Hrodna.life declared “extremist formation”
Vitsebsk journalist fined $1,200
The Pershamaiski District Court of Vitsebsk found Zhanna Ivanova (Zhalevich) guilty of unauthorized protest under Article 24.23 of the Administrative Offenses Code.
Italy: Open letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in support of Roberto Saviano
On 15 November 2022, writer, journalist, and PEN award winner Roberto Saviano will stand trial in Rome on charges of defaming Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister and leader of Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots, over a speech that criticized the far-right leader after she said that NGO boats attempting to rescue refugees in the central Mediterranean should be sunk and migrants left adrift at sea. Saviano is being sued under Article 595 of the Italian Penal Code, which carries up to three years in prison.
Norwegian journalists express solidarity with Yauhen Merkis
Support for Politically Incarcerated Journalists Irina Levshina and Andrei Aleksandrov
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