Journalists are expected to be allowed into the border area with permission.
Journalists are expected to be allowed into the border area with permission.
“This is a cynical and brutal action planned many months ago as revenge for Poland supporting the Belarusian opposition.”
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Poland accuses Belarus of deliberately facilitating the crossings.
A ban on reporting from the Belarus border and a proposed media ownership law add to concerns over press freedom in Poland, says RSF.
Most are also critical of the opposition’s response to the crisis.
Patryk Wachowiec
Poland today approved the extraordinary measures to tackle a surge in illegal crossings.
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders have commented on the treatment of reporters in the border emergency zone.
“We must stop aggressive hybrid actions carried out according to a script written in Minsk,” says the PM
Piotr Trudnowski
Doing so would raise a number of difficult legal questions and have big political consequences.