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Journalists from Belarus’ top independent news outlet<\/a> went on trial in the country’s capital on Monday as a relentless crackdown persists on critical voices in the ex-Soviet nation.<\/p>\n

The editor-in-chief of TUT.BY online news portal, Maryna Zolatava, and its director general, Lyudmila Chekina, face charges of “hurting national security,” “inciting hatred” and dodging taxes. Three other TUT-BY journalists who left the country are being tried in absentia as part of the same trial.<\/p>\n

The defendants could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted in a trial that opened in the Minsk City Court behind closed doors. Western diplomats and independent journalists were denied access.<\/p>\n

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Zolatava and three of her colleagues have been put on a list of “terrorists” by the country’s top security agency that has retained its Soviet-era name<\/a>, KGB.<\/p>\n

Belarus was shaken by huge anti-government protests after the disputed August 2020 re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko, which the opposition and the West denounced as a rigged sham. Authorities responded to the demonstrations with a massive crackdown that saw more than 35,000 people arrested, thousands beaten by police and dozens of media outlets and non-government organizations shut.<\/p>\n

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TUT.BY was the most popular online media in Belarus with more than 3.3 million users and it extensively covered the protests before it was banned in 2021.<\/p>\n

The Belarusian Association of Journalists says that 32 journalists are currently behind bars, awaiting trial<\/a> or serving their sentences.<\/p>\n

Many TUT.BY journalists have fled Belarus and opened a new outlet, Zerkalo.io, which has been blocked in Belarus.<\/p>\n

“The TUT.BY case has been fabricated because the regime fears journalists, fears real news,” Zerkalo.io said in a statement. “Belarus is rushing forward on a path to an alternative reality where real news is considered evil.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/5-journalists-belarus-top-independent-news-outlet-trial-countrys-capital <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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