Two Belarusian Belsat TV journalists have now spent over a year in a penal colony after being arrested for reporting on a demonstration. Katsyaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova were arrested in November 2020 and sentenced to a penal colony for two years in February 2021. Both Belsat TV journalists are supposed to be freed next […]

How can journalists in Belarus carry on reporting in extreme conditions? How can international organizations support Belarusian media? And what is the future of journalism in the country, which is currently facing a severe crackdown on media?  On November 23, 2021, five journalists and media freedom advocates discussed these questions during the panel discussion “Reporting […]

The IPI global network today expresses grave concern over the latest efforts by state authorities in Belarus to stamp out any remaining form of independent media left within the country and urges the international community to respond firmly to the latest string of attacks on media freedom and freedom of expression. On 4 November, the […]

Yuliya Slutskaya, the founder of Press Club Belarus and a long-time, fierce advocate of independent journalism in Belarus, was jailed last December along with four of her colleagues – including her son – and spent eight months in pre-trial detention. She was honoured at this month’s IPI World Congress as the 2021 IPI-IMS World Press […]