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Police seizes journalist’s car
On Saturday, freelance journalists Daria Chultsova and Ales Silich were detained. Silich was driving during detention. The police kept then in a cell of Partyzanski police department for three hours.
November 09, 2020
Nasta Zakharevich and Ilya Dabratvor detained in Minsk
November 06, 2020
Full support of European journalists to their colleagues in Belarus
The online Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), attended today by 53 delegates from journalists’ unions and associations from 38 European countries, expressed its full support for Belarusian journalists in the face of repression.
November 03, 2020
Since August, 9 journalists have been detained 320 times in Belarus
November 03, 2020
Three Belsat journalists suspected in a criminal case
Belsat journalists Zmitser Soltan (Buyanau), Zmitser Krauchuk, and Artsiom Bahaslauski were detained yesterday when covering the March against Terror. Today they were recognized suspects in a criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code.
November 02, 2020
November 1: Journalists Detained, Some Beaten
November 02, 2020
Belarus Closes Borders With Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine And Latvia
October 29, 2020
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.
October 23, 2020
Authorities put NEXTA logo and live channel on list of extremist materials
October 20, 2020
TUT.BY, BelaPAN, Onliner, and Belarusians and Market journalists covering weekend protests receive 13–15 days of jail
Their cases were heard by Kastrychnitski district court of Minsk. On October 17 and 18, Daria Spevak (Onliner), Vadzim Zamirousk and Usevalad Zarubin (Belapan and TUT.by), as well as Artsiom Mayorau (Belarusians and Market) were detained and "taken to the police department for an ID check".
October 19, 2020
Police detains at least 40 journalists on October 11 LIST
On October 11, at least 40 journalists were detained in Belarus. The police detained journalists even before the protesters gathered in the streets.
October 11, 2020
Silnye Novosti journalist Nadzeya Puzhynskaya to serve 14 days of jail. Her trial was not announced to public
October 06, 2020
October 4: 16 journalists detained, five remain in custody until trial
On October 4, 16 journalists were detained in Belarus. Most of them were released after verification of their documents at police stations.
However, 5 reporters were left in temporary detention centers until trials on administrative charges. Presumably, Nadzeya Puzhynskaya (Homel), Maryna Mauchanava, Alesia Latsinskaya, Dzianis Nosau, and Yury Kamisarau (all from Babruisk) will be tried for alleged participation in unsanctioned street protests.
October 05, 2020
MFA to reaccredit foreign media, all old accreditation cards revoked
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has developed a new Regulation on the procedure for accreditation of foreign media in Belarus.
October 02, 2020
60 journalists were detained in Belarus in September
October 01, 2020
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