{"id":45108,"date":"2022-12-28T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarusian-association-of-journalists-says-2022-marked-by-continuing-reprisals\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarusian-association-of-journalists-says-2022-marked-by-continuing-reprisals","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45108\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Association of Journalists says 2022 marked by continuing reprisals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 28, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The year 2022 was marked by continuing reprisals against media workers, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) Deputy Chairman Barys Harecki has told <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> Nearly all&nbsp;independent media outlets have been forced to shut down and outlawed, he said.<\/p>\n<p> In&nbsp;late December, 33 media workers were&nbsp;behind bars. That was a rise from 30&nbsp;a year ago.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe number of journalists behind bars has not dropped&nbsp;despite the fact that most independent editorial offices have left the country. Ten media workers were released in 2022, only to be replaced by new detainees,\u201d Harecki said.<\/p>\n<p> BAJ said that law enforcers have detained journalists more than 40 times since the beginning of 2022. They searched reporters 55 times, and placed 20 reporters in jail. Fines totaled at least 109,280 rubels (some $40,300 at the current exchange rate).<\/p>\n<p> Many of the arrested journalists were given lengthy prison sentences, he&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe repressive apparatus does not stop. It demands new and new victims,\u201d Harecki said. \u201cWhen no-one in the country actively cooperates with independent media, law enforcers come to those who used to work there. Ja\u016dhien Mierkis, \u0141arysa \u0160\u010dyrakova, D\u017amitryj Siem\u010danka and Alaksandr Lubian\u010duk didn\u2019t do journalism anymore, but became political prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> He went on to say that in spite of the relocation of many Belarusian newsrooms and journalists&nbsp;from Ukraine to the EU, the media sector is better off than&nbsp;at the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThere was serious confusion during and immediately after the relocation. New processes were being launched. But all these difficulties have been overcome. Media returned to good audience figures, presenting the whole range of genres again. The quality of their stories has improved,\u201d he&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n<p>Harecki said it was journalists\u2019 awareness of their mission, keep circulating information no matter what happens, that helped them to endure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 28, BPN. The year 2022 was marked by continuing reprisals against media workers, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) Deputy Chairman Barys Harecki has told BPN. Nearly all&nbsp;independent media outlets have been forced to shut down and outlawed, he said. In&nbsp;late December, 33 media workers were&nbsp;behind bars. That was a rise from 30&nbsp;a year ago. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45108","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian Association of Journalists says 2022 marked by continuing reprisals | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 28, BPN. 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