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    The First Fine to a Freelance Journalist in 2016: 22 base amounts

    A journalist and a BAJ member Larysa Shchyrakova has been fined by Homiel District Court 22 base amounts (4 million 620 thousand Belarusian rubles – around EUR 225). She was found guilty of breaking article 22.9 of Belarusian Code on Administrative Offenses (‘Illegal Production and Violation of Mass Media Products’). De-facto, she was punished for cooperation with a foreign media outlet without accreditation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. The case was considered by the judge Aliaksandr Lisouski on January 13, 2016.
    January 13, 2016
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    The First Fine to a Freelance Journalist in 2016: 22 base amounts

    A journalist and a BAJ member Larysa Shchyrakova has been fined by Homiel District Court 22 base amounts (4 million 620 thousand Belarusian rubles – around EUR 225). She was found guilty of breaking article 22.9 of Belarusian Code on Administrative Offenses (‘Illegal Production and Violation of Mass Media Products’). De-facto, she was punished for cooperation with a foreign media outlet without accreditation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. The case was considered by the judge Aliaksandr Lisouski on January 13, 2016.
    January 13, 2016
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    BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers

    January 11, 2016
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    BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers

    January 11, 2016
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    ONT TV Channel Ignored Entrepreneurs in Brest

    Traders of the Brest market TSUM invited correspondents of the ONT TV channel to express their point of view on the situation concerning the market of goods, which in fact ceased its work after the New Year holidays.
    January 11, 2016
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    ONT TV Channel Ignored Entrepreneurs in Brest

    January 11, 2016
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    Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)

    January 04, 2016
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    Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)

    January 04, 2016
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    Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin

    December 14, 2015
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    Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin

    December 14, 2015
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    Reporters without Borders Award Two Belarusian Journalists

    Organization “Reporters Without Borders” in Austria honored two Belarusian journalists – Natallia Radzina, the chief editor of the charter97.org website, and Yahor Martsinovich, the deputy editor of the newspaper "Nasha Niva", – with the 2015 International Press Freedom Awards.
    December 14, 2015
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    Reporters without Borders Award Two Belarusian Journalists

    December 14, 2015
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    BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize

    December 07, 2015
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    BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize

    December 07, 2015
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    Freelance Journalist Complains to UN Human Rights Committee

    December 07, 2015
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