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    Freelancer Fined in Homel

    The Judge of Kalinkavichy district court Liudmila Savastijanava found freelancer Kastus Zhukouski guilty of violating article 22.9 of the Code of Administrative Violations, and fined him for 35 b.a. (7 mln 350 thousand BR, or around 330 euro).
    January 19, 2016
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    NGO Assembly Picks Leaders of the Civil Society

    January 18, 2016
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    NGO Assembly Picks Leaders of the Civil Society

    On January 15, the Assembly of Nongovernmental Organizations held the 7th awarding ceremony for the prize “Champions of the Civil Society”.
    January 18, 2016
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    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
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    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
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    The First Fine to a Freelance Journalist in 2016: 22 base amounts

    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

    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)

    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
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    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
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    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
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    Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin

    December 14, 2015
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