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STATEMENT by member of the European Pparliament Petras Auštrevičius on freezing cooperation with Belarusian authorities within the EU Eastern Partnership policy framework
Homiel: Two Belsat TV contributors detained
Larysa Shchyrakova, a Homiel-based Belsat journalist, is currently in the police department.
Investigative Committee: BAJ appeal concerning detention of 47 journalists is “abstract”. Case will not be examined
EFJ calls on Council of Europe to support Belarusian journalists
Valeria Ulasik charges under administrative case, apartment search
In the morning, the police knocked on the doors of BAJ member Valeria Ulasik. They searched her apartment. She is a suspect in an administrative case.
During the search the police seized cell phones, two laptops and flash drives.
Her mother, TUT.BY editor Halina Ulasik is not detained. She is talking to a lawyer after the search. Valeria Ulasik is also a journalist, and works in PR sphere.
Six journalists were detained over weekend. Two people weren’t released
Lithuanian journalists urge all democratic countries to unite and defend Belarussian journalists
Human Rights in Belarus: UN Security Council Arria meeting. Speech of the BAJ representative
Journalists demonstrate; police make new arrests
151 journalists were detained in Belarus in August
Journalists detained on September 1 charged with participation in an unauthorized action
The following journalists were deprived of accreditation
Journalists deprived of accreditation in Belarus on August 29:
Wall of silence in Belarus: massive withdrawal of press accreditations
Foreign journalists lose their accreditation in Belarus
Belarus: criminal complaint against obstruction of journalists’ work
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) on Friday demanded the opening of a criminal investigation against those who detained at least 47 journalists on Thursday 27 August to prevent them from covering the protests against disputed President Lukashenko in Belarus. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) fully supports the legal proceedings initiated by its affiliate BAJ.
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