1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Authorities crack down on freelancers after a protest rally in Minsk - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fEyHaRk7QM"><a href="https://cpj.org/2008/01/authorities-crack-down-on-freelancers-after-a-prot/">Authorities crack down on freelancers after a protest rally in Minsk</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2008/01/authorities-crack-down-on-freelancers-after-a-prot/embed/#?secret=fEyHaRk7QM" width="600" height="338" title="“Authorities crack down on freelancers after a protest rally in Minsk” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="fEyHaRk7QM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, January 14, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the detention of one freelance journalist and the interrogation of three others in Minsk, and it calls on Belarusian authorities to halt persecution of the independent press. Arseny Pakhomov, a freelance photographer working for the independent weekly Nasha Niva, was arrested and sentenced…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260