Andrei Aliaksandrau, an imprisoned Belarusian journalist and media manager

"Andrei has never done anything that could harm Belarus"

Sergei Yakupov, Press Club Academy Programme Director

"They brandished a gun, put me on my kness, and hit me over the head twice"

Under Pressure: Leaders of Key Belarus Media Organisation Arrested

Uladzimir Laptsevich, journalist, 6tv.by

"What I saw in that cell, I had wanted to see my whole life!"

Katerina Andreeva and Daria Chultsova, journalists suspects in a criminal case

"It's always hard to call and tell mom that her daughter has been detained"

Maryna Zolatava, editor-in-chief at TUT.BY

"We joined this profession because we don't give up easily"

Katerina Borisevich, a TUT.BY journalist facing criminal charges

"Do you think this will not affect us? No, it will affect everyone!"

Vadim Zamirovsky, TUT.BY photojournalist

"I had only fallen at such speed when diving to the bottom of a trench on assignment to a warzone"

Iosif Seredich, editor-in-chief at the Narodnaya Volya newspaper

"Our newspaper is currently being published by the people"

Yahor Martsinovich, Nasha Niva Editor-in-Chief

"Let's pretend this never happened"

Natalia Lubnevskaya, journalist at Nasha Niva

"I found the courage to look at the wound only a week later"

Ivan Muraviev, freelance journalist, camera operator

"There was a person, who was forced to jump and shout 'I love the riot police'"