{"id":118505,"date":"2024-12-16T18:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118505\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"baj-urges-international-support-as-authorities-intensify-media-repression","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118505\/","title":{"rendered":"BAJ alarmed by sharp rise in imprisoned Belarusian journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The number of imprisoned journalists has reached 45 after professionals from two regional media outlets were arrested last week, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least seven employees of the dissolved <em>Intex-Press<\/em> were reportedly arrested in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region, on an extremism charge. According to preliminary information, one of them is reporter Rus\u0142an Raviaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BAJ noted that the situation of freedom of expression and independent media in the country remains one of the worst in the world. The authorities actively use anti-extremism laws to hinder independent media activity, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, most independent media outlets and the BAJ have been branded as extremist groups. In addition to political pressure, Belarusian independent media &#8220;face economic difficulties, and foreign media working for the Belarusian audience also have enough problems.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Terror more adequate term for Belarusian situation than mass repression \u2013 activist<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 13, Pozirk. Representatives of the media sector in Belarus and abroad are facing pressure and reprisals by the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, said Aleh Ahieje\u016d, deputy chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). The BAJ website lists 37 jailed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/118198\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, Pozirk. The number of imprisoned journalists has reached 45 after professionals from two regional media outlets were arrested last week, the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) reported. At least seven employees of the dissolved Intex-Press were reportedly arrested in Baranavi\u010dy, Brest region, on an extremism charge. 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