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Sixteen media were labeled&nbsp;extremist as of early April.<\/p>\n<p> In January-March, law enforcers raided newsrooms and journalists\u2019 homes 21 times, and made 22 arrests. They interrogated journalists, jailed them for minor offenses or fined.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe information space was being censored. Independent sources of information inside the country continued to shrink,\u201d the BAJ said.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have openly declared that propaganda plays a prominent role in their assault on dissent amid what they describe as the West\u2019s hybrid war against Belarus and Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 5, BPN. The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) has said the authorities were holding 33 media professionals in detention in late April. Courts announced nine criminal convictions in the first four months, resulting in sentences of up to 12 years in prison for journalists, it said in a report. 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