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IAPC Freedom of Speech Award 2021 for Yuliya Slutskaya, founder of Press Club Belarus imprisoned by the Lukashenko regime

23 Jun 2021

IAPC

Yuliya Slutskaya – a recognized journalist, longtime media editor, founder and president of the Press Club Belarus – is the laureate of the 2021 IAPC Freedom of Speech Award. She is awarded in recognition of the defense of the right of journalists to practice and the right of citizens to have access...

Media in a polarized society

Israel,World

27 May 2021

IAPC

Jerusalem Press Club organised in May 2021 the 4th International Freedom of the Press Conference. The title of this year's conference was "Media in a polarized society. The future of partizan news". More information can be found on the conference website. All sessions, speeches and debates are available...

Leaders of Press Club Belarus have been in custody for 5 months

Belarus

21 Jan 2021

IAPC

Yulia Slutskaya and three staff members of Press Club Belarus were detained on December 22. Despite paying a fine, they are still being held and have been remanded in custody in Minsk until at least June 23. Human rights organisations consider them to be political prisoners. Yulia Slutskaya, the founder...

Sign a petition to free journalists in Belarus!

Belarus,World

31 Dec 2020

IAPC

Since the fraudulent presidential elections in August and the start of mass protests, 385 journalists have been detained in Belarus just for doing their jobs, and some of them are still imprisoned. On December 22nd Belarus authorities attacked Press Club in Minsk. The detention of Yulia Slutskaya,...