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“We are waiting for this nightmare to end.” Human rights activist Sudalenka spends his birthday behind bars
The well-known human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka has been kept in custody for 248 days. He marks his 55th anniversary in the court hearing. The authorities treated his legal and financial assistance to people as “organization and financing of public disorder acts”.
16 September marks BAJ’s 26th anniversary
In autumn 1995, 38 Belarusian professionals founded the organization that has protected and promoted the interests of journalists in Belarus for the next quarter of a century.
Media manager Andrei Aliaksandrau to stay in custody for two more months
Convicted journalists Andreyeva and Chultsova get 2.5‑month sentence reduction
Sports journalist sentenced to 15 days in jail over “extremist” content
According to the team, a judge of the Centraĺny District Court in Minsk found Mr. Masloŭski guilty of distributing extremist material, an offense penalized by the Civil Offenses Code’s Article 19.11.
Mr. Masloŭski was arrested on September 6.
Press Club Belarus founder wins World Press Freedom Hero award
Police trash apartment of former TV presenter
Access to popular local news site blocked over “extremist” content
BelaPAN current and former directors charged with tax evasion
Another journalist linked to sports news site arrested over protests
Minsk, 7 September. Andrej Masloŭski, a journalist who worked for the now-blacklisted sports news website by.tribuna.com for more than a decade, was arrested on September 6.
Crackdown on independent journalists continues in Belarus
Minsk, 7 September. A criminal case has been opened against another journalist as the authorities’ crackdown on independent media outlets shows no signs of abating.
Authorities reject request for release of prominent journalist Andrej Skurko
Authorities raid homes of sports journalists
Media manager Andrei Aliaksandrau suspected of tax evasion
IFJ President Younes MJahed: We strongly condemn liquidation BAJ
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