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.
In a little over two years, the team at Tut.by have seen their news outlet go from being one of the most read in Belarus to being labeled an “extremist” organization whose staff are equated with criminals. Currently five of the media outlet’s journalists are standing trial in a case that many analysts see as…
With a 'mission to report the truth,' journalists from popular Belarus news outlet keep reporting even as Minsk shutters their website and puts colleagues on trial
Imprisoned Belarusian journalist Maryna Zolatava, the editor of her country’s leading independent media outlet, TUT.BY, has not given up hope although the authorities have branded her as a “terrorist” and she is facing more than ten years in prison in a trial that began on 9 January. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this travesty of justice and calls for the release of this emblematic figure of journalism.