EU foreign policy chief Borrell says that the EU is considering further restrive measures against Belarus after today's discussion at the EU foreign affairs council
At the request of the prosecutor's office, Belarusian courts recognized ten more Telegram channels and chats as extremist. The list includes "Hrodna for New Life", "Hrodna. Life", "Ashmyany for Life Chat", "Ivye for Life", "Oktyabrsky PH Minsk SDZh / BNR", "Oktyabrsky 97%", "Angarskaya for life", "Chizhovka for Life", "Factory 97%", "Minsk 97%".
The Polish border service reported an increase in illegal migration on the border with Belarus. In July, border guards detained 91 illegal migrants.
2 week agoAt today's EU FAC in Brussels, Lithuania's Foreign Minister @GLandsbergis suggested further sanctions as EU's response to the migration-hybrid warfare coming from Belarus. Minister also stressed the need for EU's active coordinated returns' and readmission policy
The Belarusian security services tortured 24-year-old Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Rabeshko for six hours during his July 3 detention in Pinsk, human rights center @viasna96 reported
1st unit of Belarusian NPP in Astravets was switched off the grid. No changes in radiation levels - Ministry of Energy
EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson doesn't rule out visa suspension for Belarus over the Lithuania-Belarus border issue
2 week agoFire at MAZ again: transformer is on fire
2 week agoLithuanian border guards detained another 60 migrants from Belarus.
The Executive Director of Frontex has agreed to launch a rapid border intervention at Lithuania's border with Belarus to assist with the growing migration pressure
3 week agoLithuania started construction of fence on the border with Belarus
In Belarus, the Viasna human rights NGO designated another 12 detained individuals as political prisoners. Total number of political prisoners in Belarus reached 546 to date
The siloviki came to two more regional outlet, according to the "First Region". In the editorial office of the newspaper Gantsavitsky Chas, according to one of the workers, there are KGB officers. The search also takes place at the office of the editor of the First Region itself Pavel Doylid
Security officials also came to the editorial office of the Luninets edition of Inform-Prohulka, @bajby reports.
KGB searches residence of Onliner journalist Nastasya Zanko
The security officials also came to the journalist Tatyana Smotkina in Glubokoye, writes @bajby.
The residence of administrator of the portal Virtual Brest, Andrei Kukharchik, is being searched, writes @virtualbrestnews
Searches were carried out in the office of Media-Polesye, the house of the editor-in-chief and employees. As @mediapolesye writes, searches in Luninets and Pinsk were carried out by the KGB investigative teams in the framework of the criminal case Act of terrorism. Communications and information carriers were seized from journalists.
3 week agoHouse of bobr.by(Babruisk) journalist Alesia Lacinskaya was raided. She was questioned by the KGB
3 week agoVitebsk journalist Vitaly Skryl was arrested
Politician and public figure Vasil Paliakou was detained in Homel
3 week agoThe search in the apartment of the editor-in-chief of @nashaniva Yegor Martinovich has ended. He was taken out of the house by two security force officers, with hands behind his back
Lithuania's government announced it would build a barrier on the border with Belarus and deploy troops to prevent migrants from illegally crossing into its territory
In Lithuania, in the last 24 hours the Border Service detained another 53 irregular migrants, mostly from third countries, who crossed from Belarus. The total number in 2021 to date reached 1,509. The total number in 2020 was 81 and in 2019 - 46
3 week agoThe site of the new project of TUT.BY Zerkalo.io has stopped opening to some readers from Belarus, writes @tutby_official
KGB searches office of independent outlet Intex-Press in Baranavichy
Security forces raiding premises of independent outlet "Brest Newspaper"
IT media/IT community website dev.by is accessible from inside Belarus, but not outside
3 week agoHome of nn.by editor Andrey Skurko is being searched
Independent outlet Nasha Niva is under attack today. They blocked its website and entered its offices, reportedly taking away editor Yegor Martinovich
