IFEX joins rights groups in calling for immediate and unconditional release of Andrej Aliaksandraŭ
, via Wikimedia Commons Detained since January 2021, journalist and human rights defender Andrei Aliaksandrau is now facing up to 15 years in prison on baseless charges of “treason to the state”.
This statement was originally published on indexoncensorship.org on 2 July 2021.
Index on Censorship and 13 other human rights, freedom of expression, media freedom, and journalists’ organisations unreservedly condemn the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of human rights defender and journalist Andrei Aliaksandrau, who is now facing up to 15 years in prison on baseless charges of “treason to the state”.
Joint Statement on Journalist and Human Rights Defender Andrei Aliaksandrau
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Thirteen organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of journalist and human rights defender Andrei Aliaksandrau - Index on Censorship
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