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The closed trial of a Belarusian journalist, Andrzej Poczobut, a figure of the Polish minority, began on Monday in Belarus, in the midst of a crackdown on criticism of President Alexander Lukashenko…

FILE - In this Friday, July 9, 2021 file photo, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko addresses members of Belarus National Olympic team ahead of the Summer Olympics Games in Tokyo, Minsk, Belarus. Belarus authorities on Monday July 19, 2021, raided offices of an independent newspaper and detained three of its journalists as part of a continuing crackdown on media outlets and civil society activists. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File) w...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. (Photo: AFP) Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko on Monday approved legislation that would ban reporters from providing real-time coverage of unauthorised mass events, piling huge pressure on independent journalists. Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, signed off on these and other controversial amendments as his regime faces global fury over the forced diversion of a European plane with Belarusian dissident Roman Protasevich onboard on...

May 5, 2021 Share Belarus has never had a strong tradition for media freedom but a mass crackdown after contested elections last year has made an already repressive situation even more dire, local journalists say. More than 500 journalists have been detained since August last year, when long-term leader President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory and the opposition leader was forced to flee. Collectively, they have spent upwards of 1,200 days in jail, according to the Belarusian Asso...

EU dismayed as Lukashenko terrorises media Families watch play in courtyard in Minsk put on by opposition arts group Belarus Free Theatre (Photo: belarusfreetheatre.com) Belarus has attacked its last few independent journalists in raids that prompted an international outcry. Police broke into the offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and the Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers Union (REP) in Minsk on grounds of searching for illicit funding on Tuesday morning ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Belarus raided homes and offices of journalists and...

Journalists and activists detained in Belarus raids Associated Press Reporter 16 February, 2021 12:59 Belarusian authorities have raided homes and offices of journalists and human rights activists and detained dozens in the latest move to squelch protests against the nation’s authoritarian president. Police searched the offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Viasna human rights centre as well as the apartments of its members. More than 30...

"This is an attempt to intimidate journalists and human rights activists who have been telling the world about the unbelievable scale of repressions," said @viasna96 activist Valiantsin Stefanovich.