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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

    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

    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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    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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    Freelance Journalist Complains to UN Human Rights Committee

    Larysa Shchyrakova, a freelance journalist and representative of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) in Homieĺ, has complained to the UN Human Rights Committee about the violations of her right to receive and disseminate information (freedom of expression), and the right to defense in court (a fair trial).
    December 07, 2015
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    Sviatlana Alexievich Presents Her First Dictaphone to Nobel Museum

    December 07, 2015
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    Sviatlana Alexievich Presents Her First Dictaphone to Nobel Museum

    December 07, 2015
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    Belarusian TV Channels Won’t Broadcast the Nobel Prize Ceremony

    December 04, 2015
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    Belarusian TV Channels Won’t Broadcast the Nobel Prize Ceremony

    December 04, 2015
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    EFJ Appeals to Lukashenka to Introduce Freelance Journalists into Law

    On November 26, the head of the European Federation of Journalists Mogens Blicher Bjerregård sent a letter to Alexander Lukashenka asking to introduce the definion of freelance journalists into the media law of Belarus.
    November 30, 2015
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