Belarus: Belsat TV declared extremist
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Belsat TV journalists Catarina Andreeva (R) and Darja Chulcova (L), who were detained in November while reporting on anti-government protests, embrace each other in a defendants’ cage before the start of their trial, Minsk, Belarus, 9 February 2021, STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images Catarina Andreeva and Darja Chulcova, two journalists for Belsat, were each sentenced on 18 February to two years in prison for reporting live from an anti-government rally in Minsk in November.
This statement was originally published on europeanjournalists.org on 18 February 2021.
Catarina Andreeva and
Darja Chulcova, two journalists for Belsat, the Polish satellite television station aimed at Belarus, have each been sentenced on 18 February to two years in prison for reporting live from an anti-government rally in Minsk in November. The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) and their affiliate in Belarus, the
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Two Belarusian journalists sentenced to two years in prison for doing their job
Catarina Andreeva and Darja Chulcova, two journalists for Belsat, the Polish satellite television station aimed at Belarus, have each been sentenced on 18 February to two years in prison for reporting live from an anti-government rally in Minsk last November. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) and their affiliate in Belarus, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), strongly condemn the criminalisation of journalism by President Lukashenko s regime and call on the international community to react firmly. Belsat TV journalists Katerina Bakhvalova (R) (reporting for the TV channel under the name of Andreeva) and Daria Chultsova. Credit: STRINGER / AFP