{"id":46711,"date":"2023-05-03T19:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/us-embassy-praises-belarusian-journalists-on-world-press-day\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"us-embassy-praises-belarusian-journalists-on-world-press-day","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46711\/","title":{"rendered":"US embassy praises Belarusian journalists on World Press Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 3, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> A free press is the bedrock for&nbsp;an open, transparent and democratic Belarus, the US embassy in Minsk has said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usembassy.minsk\/posts\/pfbid02nEG8jfA94b4SSeDoJyyTuCmsMbQ7GN78WPmLWJK2PGrKAZpsHDfDGVKCmwJnZebjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>. The mission expressed its gratitude to Belarusian journalists &#8220;for the courageous work.&#8221; On the 30th World Press Freedom Day, the American embassy said 32 journalists were behind bars in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> The EU said that journalists in the country&nbsp;and elsewhere&nbsp;&#8220;continue to pay a high price for exercising their profession.&#8221; &#8220;Independent and pluralistic media is vital for resilient and healthy democracies,&#8221; the EU&#8217;s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/belarus\/%D1%81%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B-%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B-%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%8F-%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement<\/a>. &#8220;The EU condemn all forms of threats and violence against journalists and support media workers in danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The Swiss-German human rights organization Libereco went on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiberecoPHR\/status\/1653646791739338752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> to express solidarity with all the reporters and bloggers in Belarusian prisons. It wrote about several jailed journalists, including Iryna Le\u016d\u0161yna (<span>BelaPAN<\/span> media company), Maryna Zo\u0142atava (<span>Tut.by<\/span> portal) and Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Hrodna-based journalist of Polish origin).<\/p>\n<p> The Slovak embassy in Belarus noted that the country&#8217;s independent media &#8220;have been facing systematic repressions since the rigged elections in 2020, with many of the journalists being arrested.&#8221; &#8220;We condemn any abuse of power to oppress media and stay behind independent Belarusian journalists!&#8221; it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmbSlovakiaBY\/status\/1653659118949789696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> According to the Viasna center, Belarusian and Lithuanian journalists <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/viasna96\/18928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">protested<\/a> in Vilnius on May 3, holding pictures of their colleagues in Belarusian jails.<\/p>\n<p> Belarus ranks 157th in the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2023 World Press Freedom Index<\/a>, released by Reporters Without Borders today. It ranked 153rd last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 3, BPN. A free press is the bedrock for&nbsp;an open, transparent and democratic Belarus, the US embassy in Minsk has said on Facebook. The mission expressed its gratitude to Belarusian journalists &#8220;for the courageous work.&#8221; On the 30th World Press Freedom Day, the American embassy said 32 journalists were behind bars in Belarus. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46711","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US embassy praises Belarusian journalists on World Press Day | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 3, BPN. 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