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    Index Censorship, ARTICLE 19: Access the toolkit to join the Andrei and Irina campaign

    Journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau and his partner campaigner Irina Zlobina have been behind bars since 12 January 2021, when they were detained and imprisoned for claiming their right to freedom of expression. On the anniversary of their detention, on 12 January 2022, ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship launched a campaign in solidarity and calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
    January 12, 2022
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    Sports journo Alyaksandr Ivulin to stand trial in mid January

    January 06, 2022
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    Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich criminally charged

    December 29, 2021
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    RFE/RL Correspondent Seized By Masked Men In Minsk

    December 23, 2021
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    Jailed Belarusian Journalist Kuznechyk Faces Criminal Charges

    December 23, 2021
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    Minsk Labels RFE/RL’s Belarus Service As ‘Extremist’

    elarus's Interior Ministry has added RFE/RL's Belarus Service, known locally as Radio Svaboda, to its registry of extremist organizations, in a continued clampdown on independent media and civil society sparked by an eruption of protests against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka's claim he won a presidential election last year that the opposition says was rigged.
    December 23, 2021
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    Journalist Andrei Kuznechyk still detained, his whereabouts unknown

    December 23, 2021
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    Lecturer detained at work at BSU journalism department

    December 17, 2021
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    EBU calls for all journalists imprisoned in Belarus to be released

    December 15, 2021
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    Ezhednevnik editor Siarhei Satsuk detained and taken into custody

    December 08, 2021
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    Belarusian Journalist’s Family Says He’s Still Waiting For His Release From Jail

    MINSK -- Authorities in Belarus have failed to release a freelance journalist who has worked for RFE/RL’s Belarus Service even though the 10-day jail term he was handed on a controversial hooliganism charge ended on December 6.
    December 06, 2021
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    Winter in Belarus starts with massive searches

    December 01, 2021
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    Belarusian Journalist Jailed For 10 Days Amid Ongoing Media Crackdown

    December 01, 2021
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    BAJ wins National Prize of Ukraine for Protection of Freedom of Speech

    The Belarusian Association of Journalists has won the Ihor Lubchenko National Prize for the Protection of Freedom of Speech. This decision was made by the Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
    November 29, 2021
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    Belarusian Journalist Detained As Media Crackdown Continues

    November 26, 2021
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