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Belarus sentences several activists as crackdown over dissent continues
MINSK -- A court in Minsk has sentenced sociologist Tatsyana Vadalaskaya to a lengthy prison sentence while prosecutors in another case have recommended a harsh sentence for journalist Aksana Kolb on charges related to protests against the disputed results of a presidential election in August 2020 that handed authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka a sixth term in power.
June 08, 2022
Four belarusian journalists go on trial as Lukashenka’s crackdown continues
MINSK -- Four journalists from the banned BelaPAN news agency have gone on trial in Minsk as the Belarusian government continues to crack down on independent media following mass protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in August 2020 that handed victory to authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
June 07, 2022
Orwell would be surprised: why journalists are jailed in Belarus. Online briefing
June 01, 2022
Jailed belarusian RFE/RL journalist transferred to penal colony
MINSK -- RFE/RL correspondent Aleh Hruzdzilovich, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Belarusian authorities for allegedly participating in demonstrations that he says he was covering as a journalist, has been transferred to a penal colony in the country’s east.
May 30, 2022
Up to 15 years of prison. Five criminal trials against journalists scheduled for June
May 27, 2022
Journalist Ales Liubianchuk criminally detained, grounds unknown
On May 26, in the village of Kryvichy (Iuje District), police detained journalist Ales Liubianchuk.
May 27, 2022
Open Letter To Imprisoned Journalists And Media Workers In Belarus by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights
May 20, 2022
Another journalist detained in Belarus — director of the newspaper “Belorusy i Rynok”
May 18, 2022
Journalist who photographed Russian military vehicles taken into custody
May 12, 2022
Journalist criminally detained in Baranavichy for sending photos to ‘extremist media’
May 06, 2022
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava accused of founding an extremist formation
April 29, 2022
Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner
April 29, 2022
BAJ awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2022
April 27, 2022
Photographers to children.Charity sale of works by Ukrainian photographers. PHOTO
Bird in Flight magazine launches a charity sale of 74 works of Ukrainian photographers. Organized in partnership with the Peace for Art foundation, the sale is supported by the Ensemble Ukraine association. Raised funds will be transferred to the “Posmishka UA” organization in Zaporizhzhia, which supports orphans and families with children affected by the war. Currently, Zaporizhzhia hosts a lot of refugees from Mariupol — the city, which faces one of the gravest situations in Ukraine. Refugees had to flee Mariupol under constant shelling, with no food, water, and electricity.
April 22, 2022
Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief Novy Chas newspaper, was charged and transferred to prizon
April 22, 2022
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