Minsk

The web­site of the state edi­to­r­i­al and pub­lish­ing orga­ni­za­tion Cul­ture and Art has been unavail­able in the last few days. The kimpress.by vis­i­tors are greet­ed with the fol­low­ing mes­sage: “Account blocked by the serv­er admin­is­tra­tor.”

On June 4, the Supreme Court con­sid­ered the appeal of Ales Marchanka, who was sen­tenced to prison. The appeal was dis­missed by Judge Ali­ak­sei Khlyshchank­ou.

  Details have emerged about the deten­tion of Anton Kazel­s­ki, a cam­era­man for All-Nation­al TV, whose tri­al began in Min­sk on May 20.

Today marks the 32nd birth­day of Ihar Losik, who has been incar­cer­at­ed for almost four years. He is cur­rent­ly serv­ing a 15-year sen­tence at the Navap­o­latsk Cor­rec­tion­al Facil­i­ty No. 1. This is the longest sen­tence for Belaru­sian inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ists and blog­gers.

Free­lance jour­nal­ist Ihar Karnei has been sen­tenced to three years in prison by Judge Siarhei Kat­sar of the Min­sk City Court. He was found guilty of par­tic­i­pat­ing in an extrem­ist group.