Belsat TV journalists

Belsat TV turns 14. Our journalists win Free Word awards
The results of the annual Free Word competition organised by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) have been announced today, on the 14th anniversary of Belsat.
10.12.2021
Intimidation instead of law: How Belarusian authorities criminalize access to truth
The Ministry of Internal Affairs recognized groups of citizens united by Belsat’s Internet resources as an “extremist formation”. Belsat.eu found out what it means and how access to alternative sources of information was criminalized in the totalitarian regimes of the past.
05.11.2021
‘No prison can break my zest for life’: One year in letters of jailed Belsat TV journo Katsyaryna Andreyeva
Today, November 2, Belsat journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva celebrates her birthday. Katsya spent almost the entire 28th year of her life behind bars – she was arrested on November 15, 2020. Belsat.eu publishes excerpts from the journalist’s letters she sent to relatives and friends this year.
02.11.2021
Belsat journo, her husband get 15 days in jail each over links to ‘extemist’ materials on Facebook
A hearing of the cases of Iryna Slaunikava, a former Belsat TV representative  in Belarus, and her husband Alyaksandr Loyka took place in Pershamayski district court of Minsk on Monday.
01.11.2021
European Journalists of Year 2021: PRIX Europa awards Belsatters Katsyaryna Andreyeva, Darya Chultsova
Imprisoned Belsat TV contributors Katsyaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova have been honoured as European Journalists of the Year 2021 at Europe’s largest annual tri-medial festival and competition PRIX EUROPA.
18.10.2021
They met in police van and became pen friends. Story of Darya Chultsova and Maksim
A letter is an event because nothing happens in prison.
28.08.2021
Minsk court to consider appeal by two jailed Belsat contributors on Friday
Two of our colleagues, Katsyaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova, have been sentenced to two years in prison. The Belarusian court considered the live stream in which Katsya and Dasha showed a rally in memory of the murdered Raman Bandarenka and its brutal dispersal by security forces a crime.
22.04.2021
Picket in support of imprisoned Belsat TV journos. Join us in Warsaw!
On April 23, representatives of Belsat TV and the Belarusian diaspora in Poland will be holding a picket of solidarity with our jailed colleagues Katsyaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova as well as all independent journalists persecuted by the Belarusian authorities.
21.04.2021
Journalist Pavel Mazheika released
He did not sign an undertaking not to leave.
30.03.2021
Appeal against sentencing Belsat TV journos Andreyeva, Chultsova to be considered in April
Minsk city court is to consider the appeal by Belsat journalists Katsyaryna Andreeva and Darya Chultsova on April, 23, The hearing is to start at 10 am.
16.03.2021
Support imprisoned Belsat journalists, write letters to them!
Our colleagues Katsyaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova have been behind bars since mid November.
11.03.2021
‘Imprisoned on groundless charges, for doing their jobs’. EEAS condemns sentencing Belsat journos
The European Union strongly condemns the repression carried out by the Belarusian authorities since the falsified elections of August 2020б the European External Action Service said on February, 19.
19.02.2021
Katsyaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova sentenced to two years of imprisonment
On Thursday, judge Natallya Buhuk has passed a verdict on two Belsat contributors.
18.02.2021