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TUT.BY Journalist’s Sentence Remains Unchanged, Borisevich Will Walk Free In May
On 20 April, the Minsk City Court considered the appeal against the sentence of TUT.BY journalist Katerina Borisevich. On 2 March, the Moskovsky District Court sentenced our colleague to six months in prison. The prosecutor’s office considered this decision too lenient and filed a protest. Katerina Borisevich’s defense still believes that she is innocent and insists on acquittal.
April 20, 2021
11th BAJ Congress elects Andrei Bastunets as Chair, and adds a new face to deputy chairs PHOTOS
The Congress was attended by about 60 delegates, and guests.
The Congress discussed the BAJ activities over the past three years and elected BAJ governing bodies: Chairperson, 4 deputy chairs, the Board and the Council.
11th BAJ Congress / Minsk, BIG PHOTO REPORT
April 20, 2021
Letter of solidarity from the Index on Censorship with Belarusian journalists
April 15, 2021
Congratulatory letter of the International Federation of Journalists to the participants of the BAJ Congress
April 15, 2021
ARTICLE 19’s message of solidarity with Belarusian journalists
April 15, 2021
Belarusian Deputy Proposes To Create “Information Shield” Such As China’s
Marina Vasko, the member of the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on Education, Culture and Science, suggested creating an “information shield” in Belarus following the example of China, SB. Belarus Segondya reports.
April 15, 2021
Court Sentenced Bloggers “Who Started Protests In Belarus” To 3 Years In Jail
Judge of the Oktyabrsky district court in Mogilev Olga Kravchenko found Brest bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov guilty of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, insulting a government official. Petrukhin was also found guilty of insulting a judge. Both were sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. The bloggers were not present during the hearings: they were removed from the courtroom at the beginning of the trial. The judge rejected all petitions for the participation of the accused in the process.
April 14, 2021
Euronews Won’t Broadcast In Belarus, Russian Pobeda Channel Will Replace It
April 12, 2021
Volha Ivashyna: Dzianis is waiting for your support
April 12, 2021
Media expert Yulia Slutskaya writes from jail about new Belarusian normality
April 09, 2021
Minsk: Police search journo Raman Vasyukovich’s place over ‘extremist’ book
On Tuesday, security forces raided the flat of Current Time reporter Raman Vasyukoich. The search warramt was issued by the prosecutor’s office as part of the investigation into a case under Art. 130 (‘Incitement to racial, national, religious or social hatred’) of the Criminal Code.
April 08, 2021
Imprisoned Belsat TV journo Darya Chultsova also listed as ‘person prone to extremism’
April 07, 2021
Exhibition Dedicated To Health Workers In Belarus Closes After Its Organisers Arrested
April 07, 2021
Journalists Will Be Equated With Rally Participants And Other Changes To Media Law
April 01, 2021
Novy Chas warned by Ministry of Information. Two warnings are enough for starting liquidation procedure
"Interdepartmental commission concluded that the information published in the Novy Chas newspaper (#3 of 2021/01/22 and # 4 of 2021/01/29) is detrimental to the national interests of the Republic of Belarus. The Ministry of Information requires the newspaper to correct the violations in the next issue and to inform the Ministry about that.
March 30, 2021
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