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A spate of high-profile arrests and criminal charges brought against of media professionals in Belarus are a tactic to shut down the press , say activists ....
More than ever, journalists in Belarus need support January 7, 2021 Share This! Journalists are still being detained in Belarus, months after a rigged presidential election. Among the latest to have been arrested is Yulia Slutskaya, founder of the Press Club Belarus. Yulia Slutskaya is a prominent Belarusian journalist and the founder of the local Press Club, which runs educational and cultural initiatives relating to journalism, and hosts professional development events. In July 2016 I had the pleasure of being invited to meet with her, and with her students of journalism, to share my experience in the media. Political oppression Yulia, together with five other Press Club Belarus’ employees, was detained on December 24. Prior to that, the Club had reported on the detentions of journalists covering the anti-government protests in the country, ongoing since a rigged presidential election in August 2020. ....
Belarus charges independent journalists January 1, 2021 MINSK: Four staff at an independent Belarusian press association have been charged with tax evasion, a lawyer for the group’s founder said on Thursday, as the authorities continue to crack down on peaceful protests. Yulia Slutskaya, a journalist who founded the Belarusian Press Club in 2016, has been charged with large-scale tax evasion , her lawyer Anton Gashinsky told AFP, and will remain in pre-trial detention until February 23. Slutskaya, who is also a member of the board for the Belarus Association of Journalists (BAJ), was detained last week after returning to Belarus from a holiday abroad. On Wednesday a state audit body said it was carrying out verifications of tax violations including large sums of money coming in from abroad . ....
Belarus charges independent journalists with tax evasion Four independent journalists who have been critical of President Alexander Lukashenko face seven years in prison on charges of large-scale tax evasion. Journalists have been detained 477 times this year in Belarus. Protesters have taken to the streets of Belarus since the election in August 2020 they say was rigged Four staff at an independent Belarusian press association have been charged with tax evasion, a lawyer for the group s founder said Thursday. Yulia Slutskaya, a journalist who founded the Belarusian Press Club in 2016, has been charged with large-scale tax evasion, her lawyer Anton Gashinsky told AFP news agency. She will remain in pretrial detention until February 23. ....