Belarus Film Festival Director Released From Prison After Outcry From Human Rights Leaders
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Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, who fronts the Watch Docs Film Festival, was arrested for her role in organizing a photo exhibition celebrating health workers, and fined for protesting against police. Apr 17, 2021
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Filmmaker Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska has been released from a Belarusian prison thanks to protests from human rights leaders around the world.
The director, who also fronts the Watch Docs Film Festival, was arrested on April 5 for her role in organizing a photo exhibition celebrating health workers. She was fined for protesting against police and placed in a detention centre in Minsk.
Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Film Festival in Belarus, has been released from prison and had charges against her dropped after film festivals and human rights organizations rallied to support her.
Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, director of the Watch Docs festival, was arrested April 5.
Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Film Festival in Belarus, has been released from prison and had charges against her dropped after film festivals and human rights organizations rallied to her support.
Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska, the director of the Watch Docs Film Festival in Belarus, has been released from prison and had charges against her dropped following an international outcry from film festivals and human rights organizations.
Hatsura-Yavorska was arrested in Minsk on April 5, allegedly for her role in organizing an underground photo exhibition celebrating Belarusian health workers. She was then placed in a detention center and accused of participating in anti-government protests, demonstrations the government of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled illegal.