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    TUT.BY Journalist’s Sentence Remains Unchanged, Borisevich Will Walk Free In May

    On 20 April, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal against the sentence of TUT.BY journalist Katerina Borisevich. On 2 March, the Moskovsky District Court sentenced our colleague to six months in prison. The prosecutor’s office considered this decision too lenient and filed a protest. Katerina Borisevich’s defense still believes that she is innocent and insists on acquittal.
    April 20, 2021
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    11th BAJ Congress elects Andrei Bastunets as Chair, and adds a new face to deputy chairs PHOTOS

    April 20, 2021
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    Letter of solidarity from the Index on Censorship with Belarusian journalists

    April 15, 2021
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    Congratulatory letter of the International Federation of Journalists to the participants of the BAJ Congress

    April 15, 2021
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    ARTICLE 19’s message of solidarity with Belarusian journalists

    April 15, 2021
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    Belarusian Deputy Proposes To Create “Information Shield” Such As China’s

    April 15, 2021
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    Court Sentenced Bloggers “Who Started Protests In Belarus” To 3 Years In Jail

    April 14, 2021
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    Euronews Won’t Broadcast In Belarus, Russian Pobeda Channel Will Replace It

    Euronews TV channel will stop broadcasting in Belarus, according to the website of the Ministry of Information. It will be replaced with a Russian channel Pobeda.
    April 12, 2021
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    Volha Ivashyna: Dzianis is waiting for your support

    Hrodna journalist Dzianis Ivashyn has been kept behind bars since March 12, 2021. He was grabbed by police on the street near his block when walking to a pharmacy to pick up medicines.
    April 12, 2021
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    Media expert Yulia Slutskaya writes from jail about new Belarusian normality

    The founder of the press club Yulia Slutskaia, who is now in custody in pre-trial prison # 1 in Minsk, passes information through her daughter Alyaksandra about life in the prison cell.
    April 09, 2021
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    Minsk: Police search journo Raman Vasyukovich’s place over ‘extremist’ book

    April 08, 2021
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    Imprisoned Belsat TV journo Darya Chultsova also listed as ‘person prone to extremism’

    April 07, 2021
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    Exhibition Dedicated To Health Workers In Belarus Closes After Its Organisers Arrested

    The exhibition “A machine is breathing, but I can’t”, dedicated to Belarusian healthcare workers, has been cancelled. The project team announced this after both organizers of the exhibition were arrested and taken to a temporary detention centre on Okrestin Street in Minsk.
    April 07, 2021
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    Journalists Will Be Equated With Rally Participants And Other Changes To Media Law

    April 01, 2021
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    Novy Chas warned by Ministry of Information. Two warnings are enough for starting liquidation procedure

    "Interdepartmental commission concluded that the information published in the Novy Chas newspaper (#3 of 2021/01/22 and # 4 of 2021/01/29) is detrimental to the national interests of the Republic of Belarus. The Ministry of Information requires the newspaper to correct the violations in the next issue and to inform the Ministry about that.
    March 30, 2021
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