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.
Citizens of Belarus are at risk of losing their last legal mechanism to appeal against the state for human rights violations, with the government set to withdraw from a key UN treaty.
September 2022 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Father Viachaslau Barok, former finance officer of the Vitebsk Diocese, told Catholic News Service Sept. 28 he could not criticize the bishops silence on public issues, because