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Roman Protasevich has moved to house arrest
A Belarusian dissident who was taken off a Ryanair jet forced to land in Minsk has been transferred to house arrest, his father has told the BBC.
June 25, 2021
OSCE Media Freedom Representative warns of further serious restrictions on freedom of expression in recently adopted Belarusian laws
June 24, 2021
Translator Volha Kalatskaya suspected under Article 342, again
The Investigative Committee reversed its decision to drop the charges under Article 342 "Organizing and preparing activities that breach public order or active participation in them" against translator Volha Kalatskaya. Ms. Kalatskaya will be prosecuted again.
She is currently serving a two-year sentence of probation.
June 23, 2021
BAJ to undergo examination by Ministry of Justice. Thousands of documents are to be presented in just 2 days
The Ministry of Justice has started a monitoring of the activities of the Belarusian Association of Journalists. The letter that BAJ received on Monday morning requires the NGO to present thousands of papers dated since January 1, 2018 to the Ministry's Non-profit organizations department.
When we speak of thousands of documents, we really mean it.
June 21, 2021
Political prisoner Andrzej Paczobut has covid, needs urgent hospital care
June 17, 2021
BAJ pleades with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health Care, Department of Corrections for hospitalizing Andrzej Paczobut
June 17, 2021
MFA brings Raman Pratasevich to briefing. He states he is not betraying anyone “but just cooperating with investigation”
June 14, 2021
Joint call to make press freedom a cornerstone of all demands towards Belarus
The hijacking of a plane and kidnapping of editor and blogger Raman Pratasevich is viewed by the free expression, press freedom and journalists’ community as the outrageous climax of a broader campaign against media freedom in Belarus that drastically intensified after the August 2020 election. Free Press Unlimited co-wrote a joint call to make respect for press freedom a cornerstone of all demands towards Belarus.
June 10, 2021
OSCE PA human rights leaders raise alarms over new legislation on mass events and media in Belarus
June 04, 2021
Sports journalists Ivulin, Pisarenka arrested in Minsk
June 04, 2021
Popular TV personality Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife questioned by financial police
Minsk, 3 June. Popular TV host, actor and singer Dzianis Dudzinski and his wife, Kaciaryna Rajeckaja, were questioned by officers of the State Control Committee’s Department for Financial Investigations on Wednesday.
June 03, 2021
Medicines not given to jailed Polish activist Andrzej Poczobut after alleged refusal to leave country
Andrzej Poczobut, a political prisoner and member of the Union of Poles in Belarus, is reportedly being deprived of necessary medicines behind bars.
June 03, 2021
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges immediate and unconditional release of all detained journalists in Belarus
June 02, 2021
Tribuna journo Dzmitry Ruto, Hrodna.life editor Iryna Novik detained
On Tuesday morning, Belsat got information about more cases of apprehending Belarusian media workers.
June 02, 2021
Narodnaya Volya journalist jailed for 30 days
May 31, 2021
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