Two more journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Irina Charniauka were detained by the KGB yesterday. The journalists’ house was raided and their computers confiscated by the authorities prior to their arrest. Poczobut is a correspondent for the Polish Daily Gazeta Wyborcza and Charniauka a freelance journalist. Over the last two weeks at least seven independent reporters have been subject to raids by the KGB authorities following the unrest after the presidential election on 19 December.
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Belarus: More journalists detained
Two more journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Irina Charniauka were detained by the KGB yesterday. The journalists’ house was raided and their computers confiscated by the authorities prior to their arrest. Poczobut is a correspondent for the Polish Daily Gazeta Wyborcza and Charniauka a freelance journalist. Over the last two weeks at least seven independent reporters have […]
By Intern
14 Jan 11