Sham trial against BelaPAN news agency highlights stifling of independent media
Responding to the news that a court in Belarus today started considering a case against independent news agency BelaPAN, which sees editor-in-chief Iryna Leushyna, former director Dzmitry Navazhylau, former deputy director Andrey Alyaksandrau — and his partner Iryna Zlobina — charged among other things with