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  • Bialystok: Keeping torch burning for imprisoned journalists

    The Solidarity Marathon, initiated by BAJ, took place in several cities, including Prague, London, and Toronto, over the past few days. The event also happened in Bialystok, a Polish town next to the border with Belarus.

    This time, jour­nal­ists Zoya Khrut­skaya, Yauhe­nia Douhaya, Iry­na Kupt­se­vich, Nas­ta Utk­i­na, poet Han­na Komar, and human rights activist – him­self a for­mer polit­i­cal pris­on­er – Leanid Sudalen­ka par­tic­i­pat­ed in the Sol­i­dar­i­ty Marathon. As per tra­di­tion, they held por­traits of jailed jour­nal­ists to sup­port their col­leagues.

    “Join­ing the action was the least I could do to sup­port impris­oned jour­nal­ists,” Han­na Komar shared. “It’s cru­cial to know you’re remem­bered while in prison. And if you’re a jour­nal­ist with an essen­tial job for mil­lions of peo­ple, it’s impor­tant that at least some of those mil­lions show sol­i­dar­i­ty.”

    The Sol­i­dar­i­ty Marathon was also held in Poland dur­ing the Tuta­ka fes­ti­val. The event atten­dees, includ­ing politi­cians, musi­cians, cul­tur­al fig­ures, and jour­nal­ists, took pic­tures with por­traits of incar­cer­at­ed jour­nal­ists.

    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 (out­side 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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