Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Belarus

RSF Says 22 Journalists Detained In Belarus

Police in Minsk broke up a demonstration early on March 24 (RFE/RL)

March 25, 2006 -- The media-freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says 22 journalists have been detained in Belarus over the past week, and 13 of them remain in police custody.

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March 25, 2006

The group issued a statement in Moscow saying that the detained journalists are from Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Canada.

It said most were accused of hooliganism, participation in unauthorized gatherings, or using obscenities.

Reporters Without Borders said the arrests are intended to gag dissent and to sow a climate of terror in the country. The Paris-based group said the journalists are being held in bad conditions in overcrowded and unheated cells.

(AP)

Minsk, March 24

THE POLICE MOVE IN: RFE/RL's Belarus Service filed these images from October Square in the early morning hours of March 24. All photographs were taken by Yuliya Darashkevich.

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SEE FOR YOURSELF: View a short video clip taken on October Square on the morning of March 21:
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THE COMPLETE PICTURE: Click on the image to view a dedicated page with news, analysis, and background information about the Belarusian presidential ballot.

COVERAGE IN BELARUSIAN: Click on the image to view RFE/RL's coverage of the election campaign in Belarusian and to listen to RFE/RL's Belarusian Service.

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