November 6, Pozirk. Barbara Massing, Deutsche Welle’s general director, has strongly condemned Minsk’s decision to add four of its Belarusian journalists to an international wanted list maintained by Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
Ullana Babajed was added to the list, published by Russia, in January; Volha Kapuścina, in July; Alaksandra Bahusłaŭskaja, in August; and Kaciaryna Kryžanoŭskaja in October.
Massing said that the authorities are trying to intimidate the journalists into silence.
Belarusian authorities declared “a group of citizens from among the founders, administrators and other participants in the internet resources under the common name DW Belarus” an extremist group in April 2024.
Russia’s international database of wanted people contained the names of more than 6,000 Belarusians, including more than 100 journalists, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
