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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
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.
BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize
BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize
Freelance Journalist Complains to UN Human Rights Committee
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).
Sviatlana Alexievich Presents Her First Dictaphone to Nobel Museum
Sviatlana Alexievich Presents Her First Dictaphone to Nobel Museum
Belarusian TV Channels Won’t Broadcast the Nobel Prize Ceremony
Belarusian TV Channels Won’t Broadcast the Nobel Prize Ceremony
The Belarusian TV and Radio Company, and main Belarusian TV channels ONT and STV are not planning to broadcast the Nobel Award Ceremony where the Belarusian writer Sviatlana Alexievich will receive the Nobel Prize in literature.
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.
EFJ Appeals to Lukashenka to Introduce Freelance Journalists into Law
Ministry of Information Blocks 40 Websites, 11 of them Extremist
In 2015, the Ministry of Information restricted access to 40 websites, says Lilija Ananič in the reply to BAJ request sent on November 5.
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