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Prosecutor General’s office investigates into publicising of Bandarenka’s medical data. TUT.BY journalist sent to KGB detention center
The Prosecutor General's office announced the initiation of a criminal case due to "disclosure of medical secrets" and "providing false information" on the death of Raman Bandarenka. Its press service reported, "the suspects have been detained." Security forces came for TUT.BY journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich, who wrote about Raman Bandarenka.
Altogether, Belarusian journalists have already spent 900 days behind the bars this year
BAJ won the first Canada-UK Media Freedom Award
23 journalists detained on November 15. Updated
Police search the house of Hazeta Slonimskaya founder
Police seizes journalist’s car
Nasta Zakharevich and Ilya Dabratvor detained in Minsk
Journalist Nasta Zakharevich was detained in a flower shop near the GUM department store in Minsk. Previously, she was detained exactly 2 months ago and spent seven days behind bars.
Full support of European journalists to their colleagues in Belarus
Since August, 9 journalists have been detained 320 times in Belarus
Three Belsat journalists suspected in a criminal case
November 1: Journalists Detained, Some Beaten
Belarus Closes Borders With Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine And Latvia
In the afternoon, TUT.BY had reports coming in about Belarusians having problems with getting back home from Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Latvia. Later the State Border Committee commented on the situation with border closures.
EFJ welcomes the award of the Sakharov Prize to the democratic opposition in Belarus
The democratic opposition in Belarus has won this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, European Parliament President David Sassoli announced today. The Sakharov Prize is awarded by the European Parliament every year in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the award of the prize to the Belarusian opposition and recalls that six journalists are still in prison in Belarus just for doing their job.
Authorities put NEXTA logo and live channel on list of extremist materials
On October 20, 2020, the Central Court of Minsk declared the NEXTA-Live Telegram channel and the NEXTA logo extremist.
TUT.BY, BelaPAN, Onliner, and Belarusians and Market journalists covering weekend protests receive 13–15 days of jail
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