# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-belarus-strips-accreditation-foreign-outlets)
- Source: Belarus strips journalists working for foreign outlets of accreditation. https://cpj.org/2020/08/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

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