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Court rules TUT.BY and Zerkalo.io as extremist
On 13 August 2021, TUT.BҮ and Zerkalo.io and their social media were declared extremist at the request of the Belarusian Interior Ministry.
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This year’s Free Media Awards given exclusively to Belarusian journalists
This year, only Belarusian journalists and media received the Free Media Awards for journalists in Eastern Europe.
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Andrei Dynko: “It’s me, I’ve come back from the other world”
Andrei Dynko, the editor-in-chief of Nasha Historyia, spent 13 days at Akrestsina; he wrote a life-affirming column.
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Belarusian authorities seek to shut down Belarusian Association of Journalists
The Ministry of Justice of Belarus has filed a lawsuit to dissolve the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).
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Attack on media continues in Belarus
The Nasha Niva journalists are being held at the Akrestsina detention center for not paying utility bills. The journalists from Radio Svaboda have not yet been released despite the lack…
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Crackdown on media and civil society continues in Belarus
On the morning of 16 July, security officials again searched journalists and human rights activists in Minsk, Pinsk, Brest, Ivatsevichy, Homel, Rechytsa, and Hrodna.
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Detentions of independent media journalists continue
Editorial offices and homes of employees of independent media in Brest, Homel, and Mahiliou have been searched, equipment confiscated.
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European Parliament to discuss repressions against independent media in Belarus
On 12 July, a discussion of the situation with the independent press in the light of mass political repressions in Belarus will take place.
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Crackdown on media outlets and civil society activists continues
On 8 July, at least 15 media representatives and public activists were detained in Belarus. According to the official statement of the KGB Investigations Department, "a large-scale operation to clean…
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Nasha Niva editor-in-chief beaten during detention
Yahor Martsinovich, editor-in-chief of Nasha Niva newspaper, was beaten during his detention on 8 July. After the searches at his home and office Martsinovich was taken to the Investigative Committee…