Belarusian Association of Journalists

The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) ( Biełaruskaja Asacyjacyja Žurnalistaǔ) is a non-governmental organisation of journalists in Belarus. To have freedom of speech and rights of receiving and distributing information are its desire. It was made in 1995. BAJ is a friend of the International Federation of Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders. It got the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize in 2004. It got in 2021.
On August 27, 2021, the Association was formally closed by the Supreme Court of Belarus. However, it continued to function outside Belarus.
On February 28, 2023, the KGB has designated the Association as an 'extremist formation'; as a result, participation in it can be punished with a prison sentence.