SK arrested a bank account of the Belarusian Association of Journalists

The bank account of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (Bazh) was arrested, according to the organization’s website.

The account was arrested on the basis of the decision of the Investigative Committee of Belarus of July 14, 2021.

“Not only payments are frozen, but also the possibility of replenishing the account,” the association published in the Telegram channel of the association said.

On July 14, searches were held at the Belarusian Association of Journalists and apartments of its leaders, the front door of the association is currently sealed. In addition to Bazh, the security forces visited the offices of 23 more organizations.

The searches took place not only in Minsk, but also in Grodno, Brest, Orsha, Borisov, Gomel, Polotsk. Prior to this, the authorities of Belarus have banned access to one of the oldest news resources of the country, the site of the publication of our Niva.

Yesterday the account of the Belarusian Pen-Center was frozen , led by the Nobel Laureate, a member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council of the opposition Svetlana Aleksievich, as well as the account of the charity organization "Names". Now she cannot make payments, including transferring the projects collected to their work.

In addition, according to Bazh, the Belarusian security forces spent more than 60 searches in the media in a single -top two weeks.

As representatives of the association passed, in the conclusion there are now 34 journalists. So, on Sunday, it became known about the re -detention of the editor -in -chief of the Niva publication Yegor Martinovich, who was charged yesterday of causing property damage (part 2 of article 216 of the Criminal Code).