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Underground regional press network declared extremist formation
December 09, 2022
Former National TV journalist sentenced to 4 years in prison
December 08, 2022
Supreme Court rejects appeal of journalist Iryna Slaunikava in closed session
December 07, 2022
Belorusy i rynok newspaper suspends its publication after 32 years of printing
The publication is missing from the Belarusian post catalog for the first half of 2023. There will be no print or electronic PDF version of the newspaper during this period, the editorial office told @pozirkonline.
December 07, 2022
Ex-journalist Larysa Shchyrakova detained in Homel, her son taken to orphanage
RFE/RL Belarus reported that on the evening of December 6, former journalist Larysa Shchyrakova was detained in Homel. Her teenage son was taken to the Social-Pedagogical Center in Homel District.
December 07, 2022
Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich to receive Hope for Freedom Award
December 02, 2022
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Strong democracy cannot be built without independent media”
December 01, 2022
BAJ, Viasna and ABF start collecting humanitarian aid for Ukraine in Vilnius
December 01, 2022
Ten years of imprisonment: Supreme Court dismisses Aliaksandr Fiaduta’s appeal
On 29 November, the Supreme Court of Belarus considered the appeal of political scientist Aliaksandr Fiaduta challenging his sentence for “attempted coup d’etat.” As the human rights activists predicted, the appeal was denied, and the verdict was upheld – 10 years of imprisonment.
November 30, 2022
Dzianis Ivashyn preventively registered as extremism-prone
November 30, 2022
August2020 Instagram page deemed extremist
November 24, 2022
Hrodna.life declared “extremist formation”
Belarusian authorities have updated the List of Organizations, Formations, and Individual Entrepreneurs Involved in Extremist Activities. Another media outlet, Hrodna.life, was added to it. The updated list is published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
November 24, 2022
Vitsebsk journalist fined $1,200
November 17, 2022
Italy: Open letter to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in support of Roberto Saviano
On 15 November 2022, writer, journalist, and PEN award winner Roberto Saviano will stand trial in Rome on charges of defaming Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister and leader of Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots, over a speech that criticized the far-right leader after she said that NGO boats attempting to rescue refugees in the central Mediterranean should be sunk and migrants left adrift at sea. Saviano is being sued under Article 595 of the Italian Penal Code, which carries up to three years in prison.
November 09, 2022
Norwegian journalists express solidarity with Yauhen Merkis
November 09, 2022
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