The IPI global network condemns the prison terms handed last month to two more Belarusians in relation to their past work as independent journalists. Former reporter Ihar Karney was sentenced to three years in a penal colony while camera operator Andrey Tolchyn received a 2.5 year sentence. “The sentences against Ihar Karney and Andrey Tolchyn […]

Today, IPI and partner organizations address Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging it to reconsider massive budget cuts Belsat TV, a flagship independent broadcaster for Belarus which is part of Poland’s public television service (TVP). The undersigned organizations warn that the cuts could have a devastating impact on Belsat’s ability to deliver news to Belarusians, […]

IPI and its global network strongly condemn the four-year prison sentence handed today to Regionalnaya Gazeta newspaper director Alexander Mantsevich, who was accused of “discrediting Belarus”. Mantsevich was arrested in March this year, two months after authorities designated Regionalnaya Gazeta’s website and Telegram publications as “extremist” content. Following his arrest, the independent outlet’s Instagram account […]

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Poland has taken in more than 1.5 million refugees. Yet this solidarity belies a less generous attitude toward asylum seekers from elsewhere in the world, as is played out daily on the Polish-Belarusian border. Welcome to The Jungle, an investigation into the dire conditions facing migrants and refugees trapped […]