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RSF calls for EU pressure after wave of arrests of journalists in Belarus
June 24, 2020
How Belarusian officials withhold information about COVID-19 from the public. Editors of Belarusian media tell their stories
State propaganda accuses independent colleagues of misinformation and whipping up public hysteria, authorities threaten them with warnings and fines. At the same time, officials meet the journalists with a wall of silence.
It is extremely difficult to get either their comments, or official responses to media enquiries.
Belarusian Association of Journalists asked colleagues from different media to tell their stories on how officials denied them information.
May 28, 2020
Journalist Siarhei Satsuk asked to publish this text in case of his arrest
March 30, 2020
Tatsiana Tkachova: If I stop loving the process, stop loving the way the cherries bloom, then it’s time to die
March 02, 2020
After the parliamentary elections: political and media freedom in Belarus
December 03, 2019
Declaration on the need for geographical localization of internet services and the recognition of the Belarusian segment of the internet as a separate market
November 20, 2019
Journalists face numerous obstacles when covering parliamentary elections in Belarus
November 20, 2019
EOC defends placing the European Games in Belarus
Once again, a major sports event is met with criticism for being placed in a semi-authoritarian regime with bad human rights records. The EOC vice president defends the decision of awarding the European Games to Minsk but is ready to discuss how to implement broader human rights demands for countries hosting Olympic events.
June 18, 2019
Media Under Attack as European Games Loom
May 22, 2019
Harlem Désir: There Are Brave Journalists Ready to Fight for the Diversity of Opinions in Belarus
March 19, 2019
BelTA Case: Facts, lists, related links
The Investigative Committee has instigated on the criminal case under Art. 349 Part 2 of the Criminal Code (unauthorized access to computer information, made of other personal interest that results in substantial harm).
Guilty: Zolatava to Pay a Fine and BelTA Costs
Statement of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Belarusian Pen Center on Conviction of Maryna Zolatava
March 07, 2019
Women in front!
March 05, 2019
Statement of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and Belarusian Pen Center on Conviction of Maryna Zolatava
On March 4 Zavadski court of Minsk imposed a fine of 7, 650 BYN and BelTA's court costs of 6, 000 BYN on Maryna Zolatava, the chief editor of the most popular Belarusian Internet portal Tut.by, for "dereliction of duty" (Art. 425 of the Criminal Code). The verdict has not become final yet.
March 05, 2019
Belarus website editor slapped with heavy fine
March 04, 2019
Tut.by Editor Maryna Zolatava on Trial: Witnesses Claim Coercion on Part of Investigation
February 19, 2019
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