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Ministry of Information Replies to Petition: Journalist Interfered with Police’s Actions
At the beginning of the month, over 200 journalists sent a petition to the Ministry of Information and to the General prosecutor’s office asking to hold a full and impartial investigation into the beating of journalist Pavel Dabravolski in a building of court.
Editors Demand Air Time on State TV to Speak about Media Role
A letter requesting airtime on the Belarusian Television was signed by influential media managers, including Maryna Zolatava, chief editor of TUT.by; Andrey Dynko, chief editor of Nasha Niva newspaper, Sviatlana Kalinkina, editor of Narodnaya Volya newspaper, Aliaksandr Starykevich, chief editor of Solidarity online newspaper, and Andrei Bastunets, the chairperson of BAJ.
Editors Demand Air Time on State TV to Speak about Media Role
One Fine, One Case Dismissed in Homel Region
On February 4, the Buda-Kashaliova court fined Kastus Zhukouski for 40 b.a. (8 million 400 thousand rubles).
One Fine, One Case Dismissed in Homel Region
Zhanna Litvina and Ales Bialiatski meet with EU representatives in Brussels
Zhanna Litvina and Ales Bialiatski meet with EU representatives in Brussels
BAJ Appeals to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
BAJ sent urgent letters to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression David Kaye, informing about the recent violent attack on the correspondent of TUT.by portal Pavel Dabravolski, and about the continuing administrative prosecution of freelance journalists contributing to foreign mass media without accreditation.
BAJ Appeals to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression
Journalists Petition to Investigate the Beating Case
Journalists Petition to Investigate the Beating Case
Alesin’s Case Suspended through Elimination of a Criminal Article
Alesin’s Case Suspended through Elimination of a Criminal Article
On January 25, the media reported that the criminal case against the journalist Aliaksandr Alesin had been suspended. It turned out that probably the case was suspended due to the fact that article 356.1, with which he had been charged (establishing cooperation with special services, security or intelligence services of a foreign state), was eliminated from the Criminal Code by the Law dated January 5, 2016.
Belarus detains and fines journalist for filming police attacking protesters
Belarus detains and fines journalist for filming police attacking protesters
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