1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2001: Belarus - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kpyfLUqcvl"><a href="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-belarus/">Attacks on the Press 2001: Belarus</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2002/03/attacks-on-the-press-2001-belarus/embed/#?secret=kpyfLUqcvl" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2001: Belarus” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="kpyfLUqcvl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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President Aleksandr Lukashenko continued his assault on the independent and opposition press in 2001, and he managed to cling to power in September 9 presidential elections amid charges of human rights violations and extensive electoral fraud. Throughout the year, independent publications faced harassment, censorship, seizures, and closures for criticizing the regime. Little progress was made…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260