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Belsat journalists to lose car and property if they don’t pay fines
July 16, 2018
Belarusian authorities block websites for medical ads
July 09, 2018
Dialogue For Sake of Dialogue or Outcome? BAJ members spoke about the situation around freedom of speech in Belarus in Brussels
Representatives of the Belarusian Association of Journalists visited Brussels to meet the European Parliamnet's Sub-Committee on Human Rights and talk about the situation of the media and freedom of expression in Belarus; they also had a series of meetings with European diplomats. Also, BAJ members took part in the round table with the International Federation of Journalists and European Federation of Journalists. The main topic was the challenges faced by Belarusian journalists.
July 05, 2018
Legislative amendments further restrict media in Belarus, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 18 June 2018 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern following the adoption of legislative amendments in Belarus which further restrict media activities in the country. The amendments affect the work of national mass media, internet resources, and foreign media outlets.
June 19, 2018
Amendments to the Media Law Adopted in 2nd reading
June 15, 2018
BelaPAN Chief Suspected of Grand Tax Evasion
Ales Lipai, head of the Belarusian independent news agency BelaPAN , is suspected of tax evasion. Tut.by learned that from Yuri Kardymon, the spokesman of the State Control Committee's Department for Financial Investigations. Lipai was released after questioning in the Department's office. The interrogation lasted about two and a half hours.
June 15, 2018
Police Searching Apartment of BelaPAN Chief Ales Lipai. Lipai was taken in for questioning by the Departamet financial investigation
June 14, 2018
The Free Media Awards 2018 are awarded to Chai Khana, Fontanka and Belarus Partisan
The 2018 Free Media Awards are awarded to Chai Khana in South-Caucasus for their efforts to bring attention to under-reported news stories spanning national borders in the region, Fontanka in Russia for their coverage of ongoing and forgotten conflicts, and to the Belarussian website Belarus Partisan for their tireless investigative work, also following the murder of their editor-in-chief in 2016.
June 08, 2018
The Free Media Awards 2018 are awarded to Chai Khana, Fontanka and Belarus Partisan
The 2018 Free Media Awards are awarded to Chai Khana in South-Caucasus for their efforts to bring attention to under-reported news stories spanning national borders in the region, Fontanka in Russia for their coverage of ongoing and forgotten conflicts, and to the Belarussian website Belarus Partisan for their tireless investigative work, also following the murder of their editor-in-chief in 2016.
June 08, 2018
Belarus Freelance Journalists Heavily Fined in Big Numbers
Within a few days, the police have filed a number of reports against freelance journalists for working without accreditation. Some are already punished with heavy fines for cooperation with foreign media without accreditation.
May 30, 2018
Belarus Freelance Journalists Heavily Fined in Big Numbers
May 30, 2018
Mahiliou BAJ Condemns Police Practices
May 25, 2018
Mahiliou BAJ Condemns Police Practices
May 23, Mahiliou organization of BAJ addressed Mahiliou regional executive committee, Mahiliou city authorities and the city police department.
May 25, 2018
Belarusian Court Reportedly Imprisons Ukrainian Reporter
May 24, 2018
Belarusian Court Reportedly Imprisons Ukrainian Reporter
Media reports say a Belarusian court has sentenced a Ukrainian reporter to more than eight years in prison after convicting him of espionage.
May 24, 2018
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