Journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva gestures inside a defendants’ cage in a court room in Minsk, Belarus, on February 18, 2021. Katsiaryna Andreyeva recently began a new trial on treason charges. (AP Photo)
On July 4, Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva’s trial on treason charges started behind closed doors in the southeastern city of Homel. Andreyeva, a correspondent for Poland-based independent broadcaster Belsat TV, has been imprisoned since November 2020, when she was detained alongside camera operator Daria Chultsova while livestreaming protests against President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s rule.
Gulnoza Said, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator, called on Belarusian authorities to “immediately stop this sham trial and release Katsiaryna Andreyeva and all other imprisoned journalists.” She added, “Trying an already-jailed journalist on trumped-up retaliatory charges only shows the vindictive nature of the Belarusian government under President Aleksandr Lukashenko. It’s clear that nothing will stop authorities from trying to silence those who covered the 2020 protests demanding Lukashenko’s resignation.”
Karakalpak journalist Lolagul Kallykhanova recently disappeared after covering protests in Uzbekistan. (Photo: YouTube/Makan.uz)
In Uzbekistan, Karakalpak journalist Lolagul Kallykhanova disappears after covering protests; CPJ calls for journalists to be able to report freely in Karakalpakstan and throughout Uzbekistan.
CPJ urges the U.S. to pursue accountability in Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing.
CPJ urges Brazilian authorities to conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the June murders of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.
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People face off with Kentucky State Troopers during a protest against the deaths of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police and George Floyd by Minneapolis police, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston – RC2PYG9106R3
People face off with Kentucky State Troopers during a protest against the deaths of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police and George Floyd by Minneapolis police, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston – RC2PYG9106R3
A woman takes part in a protest outside the CNB Radio headquarters in Caracas August 1, 2009. The first of 34 radio stations ordered shut by the Venezuelan government went off the air on Saturday, part of President Hugo Chavez’s drive to extend his socialist revolution to the media. The banner reads, “Where is your freedom of information?” REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA POLITICS CONFLICT MEDIA) – GM1E582029G01
British freelance journalist Dom Phillips went missing on June 5, 2022, during a reporting trip in the Brazilian Amazon, and his remains were found with gunshot wounds on June 15. Reports later found that Phillips and Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira, who was traveling with him, were shot and killed the morning they went missing.
CPJ has called on Brazilian authorities to conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the murders and to hold those responsible to account.