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Special council to train journalists to be created at BSU
A special council uniting the heads of the state-run mass media will be created at the Belarusian State University, BelTA reports. They will supervise the training of journalists at the educational institution, Aliaksandr Lukashenka stated at a meeting with research and teaching staff on 9 February.
Prosecution requests 12-year sentence for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski
Journalist Andrzej Poczobut sentenced to 8 years in prison
Narodnaya Volya SMM worker detained
Andrei Bastunets lodges individual complaint to UN HRC over BAJ’s forced liquidation
RFE/RL Belarus director resigns after 25 years
Journalist Pavel Padabed taken into custody after 15 days of administrative detention
February 4 was to mark the release date of cameraman Pavel Padabed from 15-day administrative detention. However, the Belarusian Association of Journalists found out that he was transferred to Minsk pre-trial detention center and a criminal case was brought against him instead.
Viktar Malisheuski appointed new KYKY.org editor-in-chief
In an unusual utopian column, KYKY.org media announced that Viktar Malisheuski, a well-known Belarusian journalist, became the new editor-in-chief of the publication.
Final charges laid against media manager Kanstantsin Zalatykh
List of “extremist” content updated: Ukrainian TV channel, film about Pavel Sharamet, popular pranker’s pages
The Ministry of Information updated the Republican Extremist Content List. New media from Belarus and Ukraine and certain video content were declared extremist.
Ivan Murauyou to be transferred to Babrujsk correctional facility after appeal
volkovysk.by website and online community declared extremist formation
Pavel Mazheika’s remand detention extended for another month
Journalist Pavel Padabed detained for 15 days
The cameraman “disappeared” on 20 January after making some payments at the post office. He never appeared for his following appointment.
Imprisoned Radio Liberty journalist Ihar Losik allowed correspondence with his wife
RFE/RL Belarus reports that Ihar Losik, convicted in December 2021 to 15 years of imprisonment, received official permission to correspond with his wife Daria Losik, who is also in custody since 18 October 2022. Before the sentence was passed on to Daria, they were not allowed to exchange letters.
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