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The prize is named after G\u00fcnter Wallraf, a German journalist and writer, known as a pioneer of modern investigative journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis award is another important opportunity for us to remind about the 40 journalists currently held behind bars by [the regime of Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka for doing their jobs. The demand to free the media workers should be raised on all international platforms, because these people were taken hostages for their work,\u201d said Barys Harecki, BAJ deputy chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/136428\/\">RSF Press Freedom Index ranks Belarus in bottom 15<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 8, Pozirk. 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