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Beatings, arrests, court cases, internet blocks and revocation of press credentials being an accredited journalist is no longer a guarantee of protection for independent media in Belarus.
Four members of Press Club Belarus, a network that focuses on journalism, have been in pre-trial detention since December 22, when club founder Yulia Slutskaya, program director Ala Sharko, financial director Sergei Olszewski and operator Pyatro Slutski, Yulia’s son, were arrested on accusations of large-scale tax fraud.
Two others linked to the club are also in custody: Ksenia Lutskina and Siarhei Yakupau.
Lutskina is one of several journalists who resigned from state media in protest at the August 2020 contested presidential election in Belarus, when President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a vote opposition politicians say was flawed. Opposition le
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August 31, 2020 18:10
Organisers: the weekly analytical monitoring Belarus in Focus in partnership with Press Club Belarus, the Belarusian expert community “Nashe mnenie” and the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS).
Background: the political situation in Belarus in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential campaign is changing rapidly. The support for the political alternative in Belarus is stronger than ever in modern history. Electoral gains coupled with mass public protests across the country have never gone so far since Belarus gained her independence.
Today’s open questions include:
What Belarusian society has recently achieved?
What are the most likely scenarios for further developments in Belarus?
Preliminary registration is required, please see below.
Organisers: the weekly analytical monitoring Belarus in Focus in partnership with Press Club Belarus, the Belarusian expert community “Nashe mnenie” and the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS).
Background: the political situation in Belarus in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential campaign is changing rapidly. The support for the political alternative in Belarus is stronger than ever in modern history. Electoral gains coupled with mass public protests across the country have never gone so far since Belarus gained her independence. Today’s open questions include:
What Belarusian society has recently achieved?
What are the most likely scenarios for further developments in Belarus?
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Nadzeya Belahvostik, editor-in-chief of Media IQ which monitors media’s compliance to the standards of journalism (a project of Press Club Belarus)
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The online press conference will take place
on January 22
To register for the event, please fill out the Google form http://bit.ly/3qAJtTL
You will receive a link to the press conference from the mailouts@solidarityby.eu mailbox to your e-mail address approximately an hour before the press conference.
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