Yevgeny Vaskovich Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Belarus frees Radina, Khalip but sets severe restrictions

January 31, 2011 3:10 PM EST

New York, January 31, 2011–Belarusian authorities must lift restrictions on newly freed journalists Natalya Radina and Irina Khalip, and drop the fabricated charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalist said today. CPJ also called for the immediate release of the still-jailed reporters Boris Goretsky and Yevgeny Vaskovich.

In Belarus, two more independent journalists jailed

January 18, 2011 2:34 PM EST

New York, January 18, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the ongoing imprisonment of independent journalists in Belarus and urges authorities to cease their crackdown and release all jailed reporters and editors. On Monday, authorities in Minsk and the eastern city of Mogilev jailed two more independent reporters on politicized charges.