Dzmitry Pankavets was never the head of BAJ Ethics Commission. Belarusian Association of Journalists strongly condemns all domestic violence

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists deems it nec­es­sary to com­ment on the pub­lic accu­sa­tions of jour­nal­ist Zmici­er Pankavets’ involve­ment in domes­tic vio­lence.

BAJ empha­sizes that Zmici­er Pankavets has nev­er been the chair­man of the BAJ Ethics Com­mis­sion.

Zmici­er Pankavets did not receive such an offer from the BAJ lead­er­ship. The mem­bers of the Com­mis­sion are elect­ed by the BAJ Con­gress, and the Chair­man of the Com­mis­sion is elect­ed by the mem­bers of the Com­mis­sion itself, as stat­ed in the BAJ Char­ter.

In 2021, the BAJ Ethics Com­mis­sion had to stop its work due to the legal liq­ui­da­tion of the orga­ni­za­tion.

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists denounces all forms of domes­tic vio­lence and sup­ports a com­pre­hen­sive inves­ti­ga­tion of the inci­dents that have been brought to light.