Tag: Belarus journalists


August 17, 2020 We provide translations of articles from the Belarusian independent media in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish. Video content in English can be found here : https://www.facebook.com/prayforbelarus/videos/ Releases in all 6 languages: here Background: Read more…


Women Beaten and Humiliated at Akrescina Detention Centre Dozens of women arrested on August 9-12 endured beatings and humiliation at Akrescina Detention Centre. 16 August 2020, 18:19 | Elena Spasiuk, Naviny Alena Scherbinskaya (Dubovik), a journalist and mother of three, Read more…


16 August, 2020, Intex-press Thousands of people gathered near the building of the Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC) on Makayonka street in Minsk. They held white-red-white flags and slogans: “Truth!”, “Strike!”, “Free detainees”, “Tribunal”, and others. Natalya Kachanava, the Read more…


This is how detainees are bullied in Belarus 14 August 2020 | Elizaveta Fokht, Anna Pushkarskaya, Oksana Chizh, BBC 18+. Attention: the text contains graphic descriptions of violence. After protests in Belarus, which began after the presidential elections, thousands of Read more…


LUKASHENKA HOPES TO STIFLE PUBLIC ANGER WITH VIOLENCE

“The city bleeds at night.” Belarusian authorities resorted to unprecedented violence to suppress riots against rigged elections 13 August 2020, 03:25 | Corry Hancké, De Standaard In Belarus, women in white clothing have crowded the streets. Many carried flowers. Others Read more…


Scary ZNAK.com report on how detainees at protests are beaten in jails in Belarus 12 August 2020, 18:23 | ZNAK Znak.com correspondent Nikita Telizhenko was detained on the evening of 10 August in Minsk, before a protest rally against the Read more…


In Belarus, journalists are beaten and detained, and no one will be held responsible for it 12 August 2020, 11:55 | Volha Loika, TUT.BY Vest, badge, passport, editorial ID and assignment. “Press” on the chest, on the back, but not Read more…


Key events since election day 12 August 2020, 12:46 | TUT.BY All of Belarus has experienced an unprecedented three days of internet problems which, as we all hoped, were over by Wednesday morning, 12 August. A significant proportion of the Read more…


Protests in Gomel

Violence, shootings, and barricades. One person dead 11 August 2020, 04:23 | Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty On August 10, for the second night in a row thousands of protesters took to the streets across Belarus. People showed their Read more…