The quantitative media results of the year 2017

101 – the num­ber of detained jour­nal­ists in 2017

69 – the num­ber of fines to free­lance jour­nal­ists for coop­er­a­tion with for­eign media with­out press accred­i­ta­tions in 2017.

24 235 EUR – the total sum of fines, imposed on jour­nal­ists for coop­er­a­tion with for­eign mass media in 2017.

48 mil­lion EUR – the total sum of grants to the state-owned media from the state bud­get in 2017.

17 – the num­ber of offi­cial warn­ings, issued by the Min­istry of Infor­ma­tion of Belarus to media out­lets (7) and Web-resources (7) in 2017. One Web-site received 2 warn­ings dur­ing the year course. Anoth­er Web-site received three warn­ings with­in the year course.

106 – the num­ber of deci­sions, issued by the Min­istry of Infor­ma­tion of Belarus on block­ing access to Web-resources in 2017.  

194 – the total num­ber of deci­sions, issued by the Min­istry of Infor­ma­tion of Belarus on block­ing access to Web-resources since 2015, when the Min­istry was autho­rized to issue such ordi­nances.

320 – the num­ber of infor­ma­tion mate­ri­als with the signs of extrem­ism, found by the Nation­al Com­mit­tee on Eval­u­a­tion of Infor­ma­tion Mate­ri­als on the Presence/Absence of Man­i­fes­ta­tions of Extrem­ism in 2017.

64 – the posi­tion of Belarus in the Free­dom House’s ‘Free­dom on the Net’ Rat­ing List in 2017 (two posi­tions low­er in com­par­i­son with the year of 2016).