Belarus charges independent journalists with tax evasion
Four independent journalists who have been critical of President Alexander Lukashenko face seven years in prison on charges of "large-scale tax evasion." Journalists have been detained 477 times this year in Belarus.
Protesters have taken to the streets of Belarus since the election in August 2020 they say was rigged
Four staff at an independent Belarusian press association have been charged with tax evasion, a lawyer for the group's founder said Thursday.
Yulia Slutskaya, a journalist who founded the Belarusian Press Club in 2016, has been charged with "large-scale tax evasion," her lawyer Anton Gashinsky told AFP news agency. She will remain in pretrial detention until February 23.