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Threats from the state have led many journalists across the world to flee their home countries to report from elsewhere. But, for many, the intimidation did not stop when they left
Zolatava, editor-in-chief of TUT.BY, was handed 12 years in prison; Kastsiuhova, editor of website 'Nashe Mneniye', received ten years. Both were convicted on charges relating to harming national security and incitement to hatred.
Press freedom experts met in Lithuania to discuss Belarus's ongoing crackdown on independent media, which has seen approximately 400 journalists forced into exile and 32 still behind bars.