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Claim 769

CPJ said the same Belarusian authorities also banned Sheremet from reporting at one point and forbade him from traveling to the West for a year.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ said the same Belarusian authorities also banned Sheremet from reporting at one point and forbade him from traveling to the West for a year.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Reporting ban and year long travel ban
About: incident 1997-by-sheremet-imprisoned-for-ort-reporting
Source: Remembering Pavel Sheremet, IPFA honoree, friend to CPJ, and hard-nosed journalist
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2016-07

Quotation from the source

The same authorities, as CPJ documented at the time, also banned him from reporting at one point, and even forbade him to travel to the West for a year.