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Founder of 1863x Blog Faces Five Years in Prison
Founder of 1863x Blog Faces Five Years in Prison
Founder of pro-opposition website extradited from Russia to Belarus
Minsk, 7 June. The founder of Belarusian pro-opposition website 1863x.com has been extradited from Russia to Belarus, a spokesperson for the Belarusian Prosecutor General's Office told BelaPAN on Tuesday.
Founder of pro-opposition website extradited from Russia to Belarus
Court to Review Case of Insult against Public Officials
On June 3, the Minsk City Court heard the cassation appeal of 79-year old Aliaksandr Lapitski who had been found guilty of insulting public officials and sentenced to psychiatric treatment.
Court to Review Case of Insult against Public Officials
Internet Governance Forum Held in Minsk
Internet Governance Forum Held in Minsk
Reporter Gets Moral Damage Compensation for Unlawful Imprisonment in KGB
Reporter Gets Moral Damage Compensation for Unlawful Imprisonment in KGB
In 2012, a reporter and then a student of journalism department Anton Surapin spent a month in the KGB detention center for allegedly aiding the teddy bear air drop team.
Amendments to Internet Control Prepared Secretly from the Public
On April 21, in the annual speech addressed to the Belarusian people, Aliaksandr Lukashenko told that the Ministry of Information had been charged with a task to draft a new law to control the Internet.
Amendments to Internet Control Prepared Secretly from the Public
Press Freedom Week in Review
In the first week of May, Belarus celebrated a whole bunch of holidays, and press freedom day was not an exception. Although, there is not much freedom of the press here, as Freedom House described it in the recent report, and the media environment is not normal, as IREX aptly noticed, Belarusian journalists still enjoy enough freedom to talk about freedom, and that was the highlight of May 3rd.
Press Freedom Week in Review
Popular Belarusian-Language Newspaper Changes Format
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