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Journalist Iryna Slaunikava arrested for “distribution of extremist materials” for 15 days
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava and her husband Aliaksandr Loika were arrested for "distribution of extremist materials" for 15 days each. This verdict was pronounced by the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk.
Belarusian authorities block access to three news websites
Local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY designated extremist
The content of the local news site ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY has been designated extremist at the request of the Barysaŭ District Prosecutor’s Office, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday.
ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY covers news in Barysaŭ and Žodzina, two cities in the Minsk region. According to the ЕХ-PRЕSS.ВY editorial team, some 100,000 people visit the website every day.
In addition, the “extremist” label has been slapped on the content of a Telegram chat that unites residents of the city of Šarkaŭščyna in the Viciebsk region. The decision has been made at the request of the Šarkaŭščyna District Prosecutor’s Office.
Authorities block access to news website Telegraf.by
Prominent journalist rearrested following his release after three days in jail
Novy Chas editors searched and interrogated
Detention of BelaPAN director general extended by two more months
No release for journalist Andrej Skurko after three months in detention
Siarhei Niarouny’s trial over extremism postponed to Wednesday
LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA’S PRISONERS: Katsyaryna Andreeva
Judge rejects appeal against Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist’s detention
Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia discuss functioning of media outlets
Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makiej and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, discussed the functioning of Belarusian media outlets in Russia and Russian media outlets in Belarus during their meeting in Minsk on Thursday.
Belarus: EFJ Annual Meeting adopted resolution in solidarity with BAJ
The annual meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, on 8-9 October, unanimously adopted a resolution on the dissolution of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), an EFJ affiliate.
Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist criminally charged in Belarus
Authorities asked to restore access to website of Russian newspaper’s Belarusian edition
Minsk, 7 October. The Belarusian information ministry announced on Thursday that it would consider a request for restoring access to www.kp.by, the website of the Belarus version of Russia’s newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
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