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  • Australian TV journalist joins Solidarity Marathon in support of Andrzej Poczobut

    The marathon in solidarity with imprisoned journalists continues. This time the campaign initiated by BAJ was supported by Australian journalist Steve Cannаnе, who now lives in London. He heads the European bureau of the ABC television network.

    “Andrzej Poc­zobut is one of 33 jour­nal­ists cur­rent­ly behind bars in Belarus, a Putin-backed dic­ta­tor­ship in the cen­ter of Europe,” Steve Can­nаnе wrote on Twit­ter (X). “He has been sen­tenced to 8 years in prison. Sup­port the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists!”

    More than 28 thou­sand peo­ple fol­low the journalist’s account. He used to be a TV reporter and pre­sent­ed and an inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ist.

    The jour­nal­ist is well-informed about the Belaru­sian sit­u­a­tion. In April 2023 he trav­eled to Vil­nius to meet with Belaru­sian politi­cians and jour­nal­ists. Lat­er he pub­lished a report in which he remind­ed that Belarus is con­sid­ered the most dan­ger­ous coun­try in Europe for media work­ers.

    In the pub­li­ca­tion, Steve Can­nаnе quotes the sto­ry of Hrod­na jour­nal­ist Iry­na Novik, who expe­ri­enced first-hand what it is like to be per­se­cut­ed by the author­i­ties.

    The Marathon of Sol­i­dar­i­ty with impris­oned Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists began in Vil­nius on May 3 with a joint effort between the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists and the Union of Jour­nal­ists of Lithua­nia.

    Pre­vi­ous­ly, orga­ni­za­tions and foun­da­tions from Ger­many, Swe­den, Fin­land, Den­mark, and oth­er coun­tries have also par­tic­i­pat­ed in the action. Indi­vid­u­als, such as the US direc­tor Ernie Bar­barash, also took part.

    BAJ calls on jour­nal­ists around the world to sup­port the sol­i­dar­i­ty action! You can print por­traits of impris­oned Belaru­sian media work­ers, take pic­tures with them in out­stand­ing places in your city (not in Belarus) and post them on social media using the hash­tags #СвабодуЖурналістам and #BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist. Don’t for­get to send them to office@baj.media or intercomm@baj.media.

    #СвабодуЖурналістам

    #BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist

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