detaining journalists

Minsk police detain photo reporter Tatsyana Kapitonava who worked at conference

The hearing of the Leninski District Court of Minsk was adjourned.

Press Club founder Yuliya Slutskaya and a number of her associates are accused under Art. 243-2 of the Criminal Code (large-scale tax evasion) and Art. 16-6 (complicity in a crime) of the Criminal Code of Belarus.

On Tuesday, Yuliya Slutskaya, the founder of the Press Club Belarus media organisation, has been detained at the airport upon her arrival in Minsk and taken to the Department of Financial Investigations.

Since August 9, the journalistic community of Belarus has been experiencing an unprecedented level of pressure and repression from the state. Seven journalists remain behind bars at the time of publication.

Maryna Drabysheuskaya and Yauhen Merkis are being held in a police station.

On September 3, Belsat TV lost contact with our Homiel-based contributor Larysa Shchyrakova.

Six Belarusian media workers detained during Tuesday’s protests in Minsk were left overnight in Kastrychnitski district police department.

Belsat TV crew (journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva and cameraman Maksim Kalitouski), photographer Alyaksandr Vasyukovich, Current Time cameraman Andrey Yarashevich had to stay overnight in Kastrychnitski district police department in Minsk.

The police were waiting for her near the apartment.

The journalist Anton Trafimovich was beaten by law enforcement officials during his arrest.

Brussels demands that the Belarusian authorities immediately release five independent journalists who were detained and sentenced to administrative arrest last week, deutsche Welle reports with reference to the statement by EEAS press team representative Peter Stano.