In Czechia, Belarusian lawyers backed the Marathon of Solidarity with Imprisoned Journalists
3 November marks six months since the campaign launch, which began in Vilnius, spanned half the globe, and recently resumed in Prague.
The Czech Republic held a training for lawyers from Belarus, which was organized by the Council of Europe and the CEELI Institute, a non-governmental organization that promotes the rule of law. The event focused on operating procedures of working with discrimination cases.
The experts, who face significant professional challenges due to repression in Belarus, supported the Marathon of Solidarity with Imprisoned Journalists by taking pictures with portraits of Belarusian media representatives behind bars.
Numerous organizations and foundations from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and other countries have joined the campaign. Many individuals like filmmaker Ernie Barbarash from the USA have also shown their support.
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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