{"id":169677,"date":"2025-12-26T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169677\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-security-forces-arrested-12-media-workers-in-2025-baj","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169677\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 security forces arrested 12 media workers in 2025 &#8211; BAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj.png 800w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BAJ)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Security forces in Belarus conducted 34 raids and detained 12 media workers in 2025, said the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BAJ recorded more than 100 instances of persecution of journalists in exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities declared 42 media projects extremist groups. Belarusian authorities continue to hold 28 media workers in prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his security forces launched the crackdown on the media after the 2020 mass protests against election fraud, imprisoning dozens of journalists on extremism-related charges and forcing hundreds of others in exile.<\/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\/2025\/09\/melkoserov-malina-st-kadr-POZ-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/melkoserov-malina-st-kadr-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/melkoserov-malina-st-kadr-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/melkoserov-malina-st-kadr-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/melkoserov-malina-st-kadr-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/melkoserov-malina-st-kadr-POZ.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Mourners invited to pay respects to journalist Mie\u0142kaziora\u016d in Warsaw on December 30<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 25, Pozirk. Mourners have been invited to pay their respects to journalist Mikita Mie\u0142kaziora\u016d in Warsaw from noon to 3 p.m. on December 30, his friend Alaksandar Ivulin announced on the social media. The exact location will be made &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169616\">\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 26, Pozirk. Security forces in Belarus conducted 34 raids and detained 12 media workers in 2025, said the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). The BAJ recorded more than 100 instances of persecution of journalists in exile. Authorities declared 42 media projects extremist groups. Belarusian authorities continue to hold 28 media workers in prisons. 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