journalist

Journalist Iryna Slaunikava describes her life in jail
She is being optimistic
16.01.2022
Sports journo Alyaksandr Ivulin to stand trial in mid January
The case of Alyaksandr Ivulin, a journalist at the sports media outlet Tribuna and a football player of Krumkachy team, is starting to be heard on January 17 in Savetski district court of Minsk, tribuna.com reports. The defendant has been behind bars for about seven months.
05.01.2022
Jailed journo Dzyanis Ivashyn placed in disciplinary cell before Christmas
Political prisoner Dzyanis Ivashyn has been put in punitive confinement again, his wife Volha reports.
24.12.2021
Criminal case launched against Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk
It is not known why he was prosecuted.
24.12.2021
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
RFE/RL contributor Andrey Kuznechyk not released after 10-day jail term
Andrey Kuznechyk, a freelance journalist and a Minsk-based contributor of RFE/RL, has not been released from prison after serving a ten-day term of administrative arrest.
06.12.2021
BBC interviews Lukashenka in Minsk amid migrant crisis
BBC has interviewed Lukashenka
23.11.2021
Journalist Iryna Slaunikava, her husband Alyaksandr Loyka get 15-day jail terms again
On November 15, journalist Iryna Slaunikava and her husband Alyaksandr Loyka stood trial in Pershamayski district court of Minsk for the second time. On the night of November 14, their 15-day arrest ended; however, the married couple was not released, but re-detained.
15.11.2021
‘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
New treason charges against journalist Dzyanis Ivashyn confirmed
He has been in solitary confinement for over a week now
31.10.2021
Employees of Novy Chas media outlet in police’s crosshairs
On Wednesday morning, Aksana Kolb, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Novy Chas, and its deputy editor Syarhei Pulsha were out of reach for long, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported.
20.10.2021
Minsk court rejects complaint against arrest of KP journo Henadz Mazheika. He remains in custody
Partyzanski district court of Minsk has considered a complaint against the measure of restraint applied to Henadz Mazheika, an author of the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus. The court’s decision is to let the detainer stand, Russian news agency TASS reports.
13.10.2021