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NGO Assembly Picks Leaders of the Civil Society
January 18, 2016
EFJ president: It is worrying that the government is renewing this bad practice with a new wave of prosecution against freelance journalists”
January 15, 2016
EFJ president: It is worrying that the government is renewing this bad practice with a new wave of prosecution against freelance journalists”
January 15, 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.
January 13, 2016
The First Fine to a Freelance Journalist in 2016: 22 base amounts
January 13, 2016
BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers
January 11, 2016
BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers
January 11, 2016
ONT TV Channel Ignored Entrepreneurs in Brest
January 11, 2016
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
Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)
January 04, 2016
Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)
The Belarusian official authorities have started a new wave of pressure on independent journalists. The previous repressive trend was suspended, following the promises, given by the President of Belarus A. Lukashenka, to look into the problem in August 2015.
January 04, 2016
Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin
December 14, 2015
Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin
In a joint address to the authorities on December 9, Belarusian human rights defenders call on the government to close down politically motivated cases, among them the case of the observer Aliaksandr Alesin, and to stop persecution of journalists of Belsat TV and Radio Racyja.
December 14, 2015
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
Reporters without Borders Award Two Belarusian Journalists
December 14, 2015
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