BAJ supports Ukrainian colleagues and calls for solidarity with Ukrainian media

Statement in support of Ukrainian colleagues

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists express­es sol­i­dar­i­ty with all jour­nal­ists who con­tin­ue to per­form their pro­fes­sion­al duty in the con­di­tions of the war unleashed by the Krem­lin.
We admire the work of Ukrain­ian col­leagues who, under heavy fire, con­tin­ue to car­ry out their func­tions, risk­ing their lives.

We are proud of Belaru­sian reporters who stayed in Ukraine to tell the truth about the crimes of the Russ­ian aggres­sors to the Belaru­sian and world audi­ence.

Belaru­sian inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ists and our Ukrain­ian col­leagues have always demon­strat­ed close coop­er­a­tion. We imple­ment­ed jour­nal­ism pro­grams togeth­er, defend­ed reporters togeth­er, and sup­port­ed each oth­er while work­ing on the Maid­an in 2014 and on the streets of Min­sk in 2020. We stay togeth­er today. You can absolute­ly rely on our sup­port.

The actions of the Belaru­sian author­i­ties should not be asso­ci­at­ed with the stance of the Belaru­sian peo­ple. Even under threat of per­se­cu­tion, Belaru­sians sup­port Ukraine. They report the truth about the war in their media, organ­ise peace­ful protests and go to prison for doing so, col­lect human­i­tar­i­an aid and help evac­u­ate Ukraini­ans.

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists sup­ports Ukrain­ian col­leagues and Ukraine and calls on the jour­nal­is­tic com­mu­ni­ty to express ulti­mate sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Ukrain­ian media.

Stop Russ­ian mil­i­tary aggres­sion in Ukraine!