Deutsch The International Press Institute (IPI)’s German National Committee today condemned Belarusian police officers’ detention of a number of journalists on Tuesday and the officers’ reported beating of some of the journalists. RFE/RL reported that plainclothes police officers in Minsk detained journalists from Reuters, AP and Germany’s ZDF television – as well as journalists from […]

Read this article in English Einem Bericht der ZDF-Korrespondentin Anne Gellinek auf heute.de zufolge gehen die Behörden in Weißrussland mit Gewalt gegen Journalisten vor, die über die bevorstehenden Parlamentswahlen berichten wollen. Ihr selbst sei ein Visum verweigert worden, um sie an der Arbeit zu hindern. Mitarbeiter ihres Teams seien bei Fernsehaufnahmen von jungen Oppositionellen zu […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release from prison of Belarusian photojournalist Anton Surapin, but reiterated its concern over his apparent continued prosecution. The Belarus Association of Journalists (BAJ) said on its website Friday that Surapin had been freed on bail from a KGB detention center, but was banned from leaving his hometown […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South-East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today called on Belarusian authorities to immediately release photojournalist Anton Surapin, who has been held in a KGB prison since July 13 for publishing photographs of teddy bears. The photographs stem from a July 4 incident in which a Swedish public […]