Journalism behind bars – the Belarusian crisis
In the span of three months in 2020, Belarusian and foreign journalists were arrested more than 310 times in the line of duty. As of April 2021, 12 journalists remain behind bars. Volha Siakhovich is a legal expert and human rights campaigner for the Belarusian Association of Journalists. She will tell us about the current climate, and what the international journalism community can do to bring attention to it.
Date:
16 June 2021, 13:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2021)
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speaker:
Volha Siakhovich (Belarusian Association of Journalism)
Organising department:
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Organiser:
Meera Selva (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
reuters.institute@politics.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Meera Selva (University of Oxford)
Part of:
REUTERS INSTITUTE GLOBAL JOURNALISM SEMINARS
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pjjeiwl7Rw699IYOCT85pg
Booking email:
reuters.institute@politics.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Louise Allcock
