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Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 26 – February 8, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 26 – February 8, 2015
Within the reporting period, two journalists were found guilty of participating in the street action which they covered; it became known how many informational materials were examined by the commission on extremism; and state agencies kept answering to BAJ what they thought about websites blocking in the last decade of December.
Lohvinau’s Suit against Information Ministry Dismissed
Lohvinau tried to dispute six refusals of registration of his bookstore as a distributor of print products; however, the Supreme Court supported the standing of the registering body.
Lohvinau’s Suit against Information Ministry Dismissed
Lohvinau tried to dispute six refusals of registration of his bookstore as a distributor of print products; however, the Supreme Court supported the standing of the registering body.
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 12 – 25, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 12 – 25, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 5 – 11, 2015
The most remarkable event of the reporting period seems to be the real threat of bankruptcy of the Lohvinau bookstore which has been fined and ordered to pay a billion rubles for “illegal entrepreneur’s activities” –selling books without registration of the Information Ministry. The private enterprise Lohvinau was not registered in 2014 in the newly set-up State Register of distributors of print products although thebookstore had applied for registration six times.
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 5 – 11, 2015
Lohvinau Bookstore Fined
Lohvinau Bookstore Fined
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting December 22, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting December 22, 2014 – January 4, 2015
On December 22, BAJ appealed to the Prosecutor General, the department on cyber-crimes of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Operative Analytical Center under auspices of the President, asking to investigate massive blocking of several websites in Belarus, to find those guilty and hold them accountable, and to restore access to the websites affected. BAJ underlined that the blocking violated citizens’ rights and lawful interests guaranteed by the Constitution of Belarus, the Criminal and Administrative Codes of Belarus.
Statement on the Massive Blocking of Websites
Statement on the Massive Blocking of Websites
Pavel Levinau Fined for 25 Basic Amounts
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