Claim 564

At least 17 journalists covering the post-election protests for foreign outlets lost their accreditation.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: At least 17 journalists covering the post-election protests for foreign outlets lost their accreditation.
Field: action
Value: at least 17 journalists, August 29, 2020
About: incident 2020-belarus-strips-accreditation-foreign-outlets
Source: Belarus strips journalists working for foreign outlets of accreditation
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-08-29

Quotation from the source

at least 17 journalists who had been covering post-election protests for foreign media outlets