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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.
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.
BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers
BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers
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.
ONT TV Channel Ignored Entrepreneurs in Brest
Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)
Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)
Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin
Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin
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.
Reporters without Borders Award Two Belarusian Journalists
BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize
BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize
Freelance Journalist Complains to UN Human Rights Committee
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