Belarus - Authorities try to suppress coverage of anti-nuke demos

Reporters without borders

Update: Henadz Barbarych and Alyaksandr Yarashevich were sentenced today to three days in prison. As the time they had spent in pre-trial detention was deducted from the sentence, they were due to be released this evening. Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of at least six journalists on 26 April while they were covering anti-nuclear marches that environmentalists and opposition activists organize each year on the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Four of the (...)

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