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Belarusian Government to Block Websites Calling for Protests During the European Games
Alexander Lukashenka signed Edict on security measures during the European Games in Minsk (June 17 to July 2.). The document allows hotel guards to carry out body searches of tourists, while law enforcement agencies will block websites which call for unauthorized protests within 24 hours. What else is in the edict?
May 23, 2019
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Monitoring Report 2018
May 22, 2019
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Media Under Attack as European Games Loom
(Berlin) – Belarusian authorities have carried out concerted attacks on media freedom over the past two years that directly affect the climate in which news media will cover the country before, during, and after the upcoming European Games, Human Rights Watch said. The European Olympic Committees (EOC) should ensure that all journalists, foreign and local, covering the 2019 European Games, from June 21-30, in Belarus, can operate free from harassment.
May 22, 2019
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Belarus: Use Europe Games to Spur Media Freedom
The European Olympic Committees (EOC) should establish a complaints hotline for journalists during the 2019 European Games, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Belarus will host the games, a multi-sport event for more than 4,000 athletes, in Minsk from June 21-30.
May 10, 2019
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Michel Forst Advises Journalists to Contact Him Directly
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation with human rights defenders Michel Forst visited the office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists. He met with BAJ representatives, journalists Pauliuk Bykouski, Tatsiana Karavenkova, Maryna Zolatava, and Dziyana Seradziuk.
April 17, 2019
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Minsk office of Belsat gets back equipment seized during recent search
Computers and data storage devices have been returned to Belsat two days after they were seized by the police took during the search at the Minsk office of Belsat.
April 12, 2019
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OSCE Representative denounces search of Belsat TV channel editorial office in Belarus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, denounced the search conducted on 9 April in the editorial office of the Belsat TV channel in Minsk, Belarus. He called on the authorities to exercise restraint in bringing libel charges against media and journalists, and reiterated his call on the authorities to decriminalize defamation.
April 10, 2019
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BAJ Protests Against Search at Belsat And New Criminal Case — Statement by BAJ Board
April 9 Minsk Department of the Investigative Committee searched the apartment used by employees of Belsat satellite TV channel.
April 10, 2019
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Minsk Police Raid and Search BELSAT Office on Slander Charges. The office has been crushed
In the morning of April 9 the police came to the office of Belsat TV channel with a search warrant
from the Investigation Committee. Recently, we do not have information about the criminal proceedings that the search is part of.
April 09, 2019
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Hrodna to Be Twinned with Nur-Sultan — Hrodna.life Threatened Litigation for April Fools’ Joke
Hrodna.life published a joke on April Fools' Day, and local ideologists seemed not to understand the joke.
April 03, 2019
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Immediately stop prosecution of blogger Siarhei Piatrukhin
Joint statement by human rights and other civil society organizations.
April 02, 2019
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Police Suspect Blogger Andrei Pavuk of Bomb Hoax, Ask People Not to Help Him
Blogger Andrei Pavuk is a suspect in a criminal case under Art. 340 Part 1 of the Criminal. He is suspected of a false report on a bomb in the building of Aktsiabrski district executive committee. The police seized all computer equipment and devices from Andrei.
March 25, 2019
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Belarus authorities set to make us stop contributing to Belsat — journalist
Brest-based journalists Ales Lyauchuk and Milana Kharytonava were found guilty of illegal production and distribution of media products, i.e. for contributing to Belsat TV.
March 25, 2019
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Harlem Désir: There Are Brave Journalists Ready to Fight for the Diversity of Opinions in Belarus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir has started a visit to Minsk by meeting with the leadership of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and representatives of non-state media.
March 19, 2019
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March 11, 2019
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