freedom of speech

A second-instance courts in Belarus have a history of upholding the sentences of those convicted in political trials. 

The sentence of eight years and three months in prison remained in force, but as Ihar Ilyas emphasizes, the court corrected the prosecution’s formula.

She spent two years in a penal colony with an obligation to work.

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano has reacted to the sentencing of Iryna Slaunikava.

Here’s a conversation with the journalist’s father, Alyaksandr Slaunikau, about the trial.

It affected people living in the post-soviet space

There have been 90 cases of persecution of media workers over the past two weeks in Belarus; the sad record includes the significant number of Belsat journalists who found themselves in the crosshairs.