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OSCE Condemns Unjust Convictions Against Journalists in Belarus
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Published: July 14, 2022; 15:52 ♦ (Vindobona)
In response to the recent imprisonment of journalists, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today expressed concern about the continued and unchanging practice of judicial reprisals against journalists and media workers.
Katerina Bakhvalova was arrested while filming a demonstration. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Ravaika Ruslan (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Katerina Bakhvalova, an investigative journalist at the Belsat TV station, was arrested in 2020 while filming anti-government protests. Now she has been sentenced to a further 8 years in prison, having already served a two-year sentence for breaching public order.
She and another journalist, Darya Chultsova, were sentenced around February 2021. Now she has been accused of…
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