Press Club Belarus

Belarusian Press Club founder tells about her time in jail and release
The interrogation lasted 36 hours.
21.08.2021
Minsk: Several defendants in so called Press Club Belarus case at liberty
According to our information, Yuliya Slutskaya, the founder of Press Club Belarus, its directors Syarhei Alsheuski and Ala Sharko, cameraman Pyotr Slutski have been released from pre-trial detention centre Nr 1 in Minsk.
19.08.2021
Poland: Imprisoned Belsat journos Chultsova, Andreyeva become awardees of Dariusz Fikus Prize
On June 22, Press Club Polska awarded this year’s Special Dariusz Fikus Prize to jailed Belsatters Darya Chultsova and Katsyaryna Andreyeva for their ‘persistent journalistic activity in the conditions that require great personal courage’.
23.06.2021
Media expert Yuliya Slutskaya writes from jail about new Belarusian normality
Yuliya Slutskaya reports on life in a prison cell.
09.04.2021
Human rights watchdogs recognise Press Club Belarus arrested members as political prisoners
On January 14, Belarusian human rights defenders issued a joint statement on the back of criminal charges brought against Press Club founder Yuliya Slutskaya, its directors Ala Sharko and Syarhei Alsheuski, cameraman Pyotr Slutski and Kseniya Lutskina (she is related to a media project co-run by Press Club’s Academy).
14.01.2021
‘My mother has seven cellmates’. Press Club directorship in prison for two weeks
Press Club founder Yuliya Slutskaya and a number of her associates are accused under Art. 243-2 of the Criminal Code (large-scale tax evasion) and Art. 16-6 (complicity in a crime) of the Criminal Code of Belarus.
05.01.2021
Press Club Belarus faces tax evasion charge, directors still behind bars
26.12.2020
Press Club Belarus case: Five persons detained
Five Press Club representatives whose homes were searched on Tuesday are now behind bars.
23.12.2020
Raid on Press Club Belarus: Its founder Yuliya Slutskaya detained, searches underway
On Tuesday, Yuliya Slutskaya, the founder of the Press Club Belarus media organisation, has been detained at the airport upon her arrival in Minsk and taken to the Department of Financial Investigations.
22.12.2020