Belarusian Association of Journalists

“They started hitting me right away. There was a woman. In uniform. I don’t know what kind of uniform it was, I don’t remember. She was a wardress. She beat all the girls.”

Since the start of the presidential election campaign, 43 journalists have been arrested while doing their work.

At least 14 journalists were arrested whilst covering the recent public protests in Belarus; some were also assaulted by the police.

The use of fines to target independent journalists is an increasing trend in Belarus, growing from ten fines imposed in 2016, to 69 in 2017, to 48 by mid-May 2018.

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.

In Belarus, the detention of journalists for covering massive protests against the unemployment tax is taking place at a disproportionate level.

Protests are taking place in Babruysk, Orsha and Rahachou. If you haven’t heard about it, Belarus’s plan against journalists covering these protests is going just according to plan.

Pavel Sheremet, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalist and past recipient of the Committee to Protect Journalist’s International Press Freedom Award, was killed in Kiev after an explosive device detonated under the car he was driving.