In a little over two years, the team at Tut.by have seen their news outlet go from being one of the most read in Belarus to being labeled an “extremist” organization whose staff are equated with criminals. Currently five of the media outlet’s journalists are standing trial in a case that many analysts see as…
With a 'mission to report the truth,' journalists from popular Belarus news outlet keep reporting even as Minsk shutters their website and puts colleagues on trial
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The trial of Maryna Zolatava, chief editor of Tut.by, once the largest independent online media outlet in Belarus, and its former director-general, Lyudmila Chekina, has begun on charges their supporters and human rights watchdogs call politically motivated.