Two Belarusian women journalists, free press symbols, sentenced to 12 years in prison

Posted Monday, March 20, 2023 11:10 am

Staff | Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged by the 12-year jail sentences that two Belarusian journalists — the editor and the manager of TUT.by, an independent media outlet closed by the Belarusian authorities in 2021 — received from a court in Minsk after a trial behind closed doors lasting more than two months. The international community must step up pressure on Belarus in order to get them released, RSF says.

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