The Union of Journalists of Finland held a rally in support of Belarusian political prisoners who worked in media

Finnish jour­nal­ists held a meet­ing dur­ing which they held pho­tos of impris­oned jour­nal­ists in their hands. The names of their Belaru­sian col­leagues were read out at the event.

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«Many Euro­pean jour­nal­is­tic orga­ni­za­tions par­tic­i­pate in the same demon­stra­tion of sup­port. Includ­ing Lithua­ni­ans and Swedes,» says the inter­na­tion­al affairs spe­cial­ist of the Union of Jour­nal­ists of Fin­land Sal­la Nazarenko.

There are 33 jour­nal­ists behind bars in Belarus.

The series of sol­i­dar­i­ty actions for Belaru­sian media work­ers in cap­tiv­i­ty start­ed in Vil­nius on May 3 with a joint action of BAJ and the Lithuan­ian Union of Jour­nal­ists. Then BAJ part­ners from jour­nal­is­tic orga­ni­za­tions around the world joined it.

BAJ calls on col­leagues around the world to sup­port the sol­i­dar­i­ty action!

You can print por­traits of your impris­oned col­leagues, take pic­tures with them at famous sights of your city (not in Belarus) and post them on social media with the tags #СвабодуЖурналістам and #BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist, and also send them to us office@baj.media or intercomm@baj.media.

#СвабодуЖурналістам

#BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist

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