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28.04.2021, 13:45
The platform s partner organizations have called on the international community to take decisive action.
An unprecedented wave of repressions against independent journalism in Belarus is described in the annual report of partner organizations of the Council of Europe Platform for the Promotion the Protection of Journalism and the Safety of Journalists, presented on April 28, naviny.online reports.
The partners of the platform are the European Federation of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the Association of European Journalists, the human rights organization Article 19, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Index on Censorship, the International Press Institute, the International News Safety Institute, the Rory Peck Trust, the European Broadcasting Union, and PEN International.