1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgLauren Wolfehttps://cpj.org/author/lwolfe/Dozens of journalists beaten, arrested in Belarus crackdown - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0186WktZ5n"><a href="https://cpj.org/2010/12/dozens-of-journalists-beaten-arrested-in-belarus-c/">Dozens of journalists beaten, arrested in Belarus crackdown</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2010/12/dozens-of-journalists-beaten-arrested-in-belarus-c/embed/#?secret=0186WktZ5n" width="600" height="338" title="“Dozens of journalists beaten, arrested in Belarus crackdown” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="0186WktZ5n" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/belarus20troops.ap_.jpg400259New York, December 20, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the violent government crackdown against journalists covering demonstrations in Minsk against Sunday's flawed presidential vote won by President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Security police have arrested at least 20 journalists and beaten at least 20 more between the outbreak of rallies Sunday evening and their forcible dispersal…