Tag Belarus
6 May

Serbia: MFRR partners demand Belgrade court set Belarusian journalist free

The undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) demand the immediate release of Andrey Gniot.

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21 May

Solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners

Today, marking the Day of the Political Prisoner in Belarus, the undersigned organisations reiterate our condemnation of the Lukashenko regime’s ruthless crackdown on civil society and independent media.

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24 Mar

Behind the Lens in Belarus: Documenting the Fight for Democracy

To mark International Day of Solidarity with Belarus, we spoke to a Belarusian photojournalist about the country’s future, connecting with audiences in exile, documenting human rights abuses, and what needs to be done to truly show solidarity with Belarus.

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9 Aug

“The most important thing in working abroad is to deliver truthful information” – Reporting on Belarus in 2022

To mark the second anniversary of fraudulent elections in Belarus, we spoke to journalist Tatsiana Ashurkevich about her first-hand experience of media freedom's suppression in Belarus, reporting on her home country from abroad, and what the future holds for Belarussian media.

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15 Mar

Amidst war in Ukraine, EU must provide emergency visas for Russian & Belarusian journalists fleeing repression

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14 Mar

Solidarität aus Sachsen: Schutz für Journalistinnen und Journalisten aus der Ukraine, Belarus und Russland

ECPMF stockt mit Hilfe der sächsischen Landesregierung Journalists-in-Residence-Programm um 100.000 Euro auf.

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9 Feb

В Беларуси 33 журналиста находятся в тюрьме – рассказываем, кто они и за что были задержаны.

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7 Feb

In Belarus, 33 journalists remain imprisoned. This is who they are and why they were detained.

Belarus ranked 158th in the 2021 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index. This is the most dangerous country in Europe for journalists.

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10 Dec

ECPMF and VVJ highly concerned about abusive litigation targeting EU Observer and its reporter Andrew Rettman

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19 Aug

Amidst escalating crackdown, international community must stand with the people of Belarus

Joint statement firmly condemning the Belarusian government’s unprecedented, rapidly escalating crackdown on Belarusian civil society and its increasingly brazen abuses of the Belarusian people’s right to freedom of expression and information.

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