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Interpreter In Court For Slapping State TV Host During Mourning Rally
March 24, 2021
Hazeta Slonimskaya reporter Yazep Palubiatka does not return from questioning. His apartment is searched
March 23, 2021
Investigative Committee questioned BAJ chair Andrei Bastunets, again
March 22, 2021
The Investigative Committee summons BAJ Deputy Chairman Barys Haretski for questioning
March 18, 2021
Yan Roman detained in Hrodna. Police inspects Dzianisau’s apartment. Updated
March 17, 2021
EFJ Demands Release of Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn
March 15, 2021
Criminal charges pressed against journalist Dzianis Ivashyn
March 15, 2021
Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn detained in Hrodna. Police search his home
March 13, 2021
Belarusian Photographer Among Nominees For 2021 World Press Photo Contest
Nasha Niva’s photographer Nadezhda Buzhan became one of the finalists of the 2021 World Press Photo international photo contest. Her photo shows Olga Severinets waiting for her husband, politician Pavel Severinets, outside a notorious detention centre on Okrestin Street.
March 12, 2021
Free Ihar Bancer [Igor Bantser]
March 12, 2021
EFJ calls on the UN Human Rights Council to create an accountability mechanism on Belarus
March 10, 2021
The verdict in the “zero per mille” case: six months in prison for TUT.BY journalist and suspended two years for the doctor
March 04, 2021
EFJ strongly condemns a court decision in the case of Katerina Borisevich and Artem Sorokin
The repression of journalists continues to intensify in Belarus, in a context of passivity on the part of the international community. On 2 March, at 4 p.m., the Moskovsky District Court of Minsk announced its verdict. It convicted TUT.BY journalist Katerina Borisevich and doctor Artem Sorokin. They are accused of disclosing medical secrets. Katerina Borisevich was sentenced to six months in prison and a fine, Artem Sorokin to two years in prison with a one-year suspension and a fine. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) strongly condemns a court decision that violates press freedom and freedom of access to information. The EFJ once again calls on the international community to intervene to put an end to the repeated violations of the rule of law in Belarus.
March 03, 2021
CPJ condemns sentencing of Belarus journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich to 6 months in jail
In response to today’s sentencing of Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich to six months in jail and a fine over her coverage of protests in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement:
March 02, 2021
Human rights groups to U.N. Special Rapporteur on Belarus: it’s time to stop internet shutdowns, website blocking, anti-extremism laws
February 25, 2021
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