{"id":138011,"date":"2021-02-16T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=138011"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:27:47","slug":"belarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Authorities Raid Homes And Offices Of Journalists And Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbelarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=138011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231200844.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The European country of Belarus has had the attention of the international community in recent months after its tumultuous and allegedly fraudulent presidential election last year. On Tuesday, Belarusian authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-belarus-journalists-18796f3a1b0e421cbfa1f18b3031786d\">reportedly<\/a> raided the offices and homes of journalists and human rights activists. This is the latest action taken to put down protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-belarus-journalists-18796f3a1b0e421cbfa1f18b3031786d\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\"><em>Police searched the offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Viasna human rights center as well as the apartments of its members, confiscating their equipment. More than 30 people were briefly detained, and at least three remained in police custody, according to activists.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Council of Europe\u2019s human rights commissioner, Dunja Mijatovic, spoke out against the actions on Twitter, calling them \u201cunacceptable. Freedoms of expression, association &amp; assembly shld be ensured\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Harassment thru searches, arrests &amp; criminal prosecution of journalists &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/humanrightsdefenders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#humanrightsdefenders<\/a>, incl. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@coe<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@un<\/a> partners in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Belarus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Belarus<\/a> are unacceptable. Freedoms of expression, association &amp; assembly shld be ensured according to intl <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/humanrights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#humanrights<\/a> standards. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BAJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BAJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Viasna?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Viasna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/disright?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#disright<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Commissioner for Human Rights (@CommissionerHR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommissionerHR\/status\/1361624634588823552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Belarusian Association of Journalists had its members targeted, as well. Its leader, Andrei Bastunets, was one of the people detained and then released. The association\u2019s Vice President, Boris Goretsky, had his home searched. He responded to the events, saying, \u201cThis is the largest crackdown ever on journalists and rights activists Europe has ever seen\u2026There have been more than 400 detentions of journalists over the last six months, and the authorities aren\u2019t going to stop at that.\u201d At least 10 journalists <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-belarus-journalists-18796f3a1b0e421cbfa1f18b3031786d\">reportedly<\/a> face criminal charges and are still in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also raided the top office of The Viasna Human Rights Center in Minsk, Belarus, which has been involved in spreading awareness about the protests since last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>According to the Minsk-based Viasna Human Rights Center, more than 30,000 people have been detained since the protests first broke out in August, and thousands of them have been&nbsp;<span class=\"link\">brutally beaten<\/span>&nbsp;in custody. At least four&nbsp;<span class=\"link\">people have purportedly died<\/span>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, authorities searched the apartments of several activists who work with the human rights center. Viasna\u2019s deputy head Valiantsin Stefanovic, said,\u201cThis is an attempt to intimidate journalists and human rights activists who have been telling the world about the unbelievable scale of repressions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>Anti-government protesting began in Belarus last year after its August presidential election declared Lukashenko the winner in a landslide. The opposition candidate, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and her supporters have said the election was rigged, and some poll workers have also <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-belarus-journalists-18796f3a1b0e421cbfa1f18b3031786d\">reportedly<\/a> claimed that there was manipulation of votes.<\/div>\n<p>Tsikhanouskaya called the situation on Tuesday a \u201cnew wave of repressions,\u201d describing \u201cLukashenka\u2019s thugs\u201d conducting the raids. She added, \u201cThis is total lawlessness and crisis of human rights in Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning has started with a new wave of repressions around Belarus. Lukashenka&#8217;s thugs are searching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/viasna96?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@viasna96<\/a> offices, flats of members of the independent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baj_by?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@baj_by<\/a>, and BYSOL fund founder parents&#8217; house. This is total lawlessness and crisis of human rights in Belarus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuH9htKTEi\">pic.twitter.com\/uuH9htKTEi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tsihanouskaya\/status\/1361596183068749825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>Aisha Jung, the group\u2019s Senior Campaigner on Belarus, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/02\/belarus-new-reprisals-against-civil-society-activists-underpin-vicious-crackdown-on-human-rights\/\">statement:<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cHaving imprisoned or forcibly exiled almost anyone associated with the political opposition in the country, the Belarusian authorities have now set their sights on human rights defenders and journalists whose only crime has been to document the wave of gross human rights violations committed by security forces following last August\u2019s contested presidential election\u2026.To support the people of Belarus the international community must continue to do all possible to stand for human rights and counter the authorities\u2019 tightening stranglehold over Belarusian civil society.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>Last year, the United States introduced sanctions against \u201cindividuals and entities who are responsible for, or have participated in, actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Belarus,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm1222\">U.S. Department of the Treasury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\">On Tuesday, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) also spoke out against the actions and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-belarus-journalists-18796f3a1b0e421cbfa1f18b3031786d\">demanded<\/a> that the officials stop the oppression of journalists.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European country of Belarus has had the attention of the international community in recent months after its tumultuous and allegedly fraudulent presidential election last year. 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