# Timeline: 1997

Recorded incidents and developments dated 1997, oldest first.

- 1997: Belarus jails journalist Pavel Sheremet over his reporting for Russian television station ORT (incident 1997-by-sheremet-imprisoned-for-ort-reporting) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1997-by-sheremet-imprisoned-for-ort-reporting
- 1997-07: Peru strips television station owner Baruch Ivcher of his citizenship after critical reporting (incident 1997-pe-ivcher-stripped-of-citizenship) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1997-pe-ivcher-stripped-of-citizenship

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