We, the undersigned organisations, firmly condemn the Belarusian government’s rapidly escalating crackdown on Belarusian civil society and its increasingly brazen abuses of the Belarusian people’s right to freedom of expression and information. We further call on officials of the European Union, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the United Nations […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the move by a court in Belarus to label the Polish-funded Belsat television channel “extremist” and called for an intensification of international sanctions over the government’s ongoing crackdown on press freedom. Belsat TV, which has been a key source of coverage of nationwide anti-government protests which broke out […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the efforts by the Belarusian government to close down the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). The crackdown on journalists and independent media in Belarus escalated on July 21, when the justice ministry filed a lawsuit […]

The raids and detentions conducted by Belarusian authorities on independent media outlets, human rights organizations and think tanks are a harsh escalation of attacks against human rights activists and independent journalists in Belarus. The undersigned organizations condemn the government of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s relentless crackdown on these groups and demand that Belarusian authorities cease their raids on press […]