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Andrei Bastunets Speaks in Editors’ Club
Euroradio Turns 10
On February 26, 2006, the European Radio for Belarus went on air for the first time. BAJ asked the head of the radio Vital Zybliuk to tell about the useful experience, lessons learnt and hopes.
BDG: How Newspaper Closed through Pressure Develops Online
Miklós Haraszti: “No changes in dismal human rights situation since presidential election” in Belarus
Discussion: Challenges of Social Nets
Last week, representatives of two journalistic unions – the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and the Belarusian Union of Journalists (BUJ) discussed ethics of journalists in social networks.
Andrei Bastunets: Press freedom has never been easy in Belarus
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Volha Siakhovich spoke to Andrei Bastunets, chairpersion of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, about the state of press freedom in Belarus.
Nobel Lecture by Sviatlana Alexievich
Photo Project: About the War, Against the War
"Commemorative Picture" - this is the title for the photo project about soldiers fighting in Eastern Ukraine, made by photo journalist, BAJ member Alexander Vasiukovich.
BAJ Monitors Share Their View of the Electoral Campaign
Strategic lines of activities for BAJ in 2015 – 2017
See PDF attached.
Ten Years out of Sight
Almost ten years ago, before the electoral campaign in 2006, several independent socio-political newspapers were excluded from distribution catalogues of Belposhta and Belsayuzdruk, postal and distribution monopolists in Belarus.
Punishing the Criminals is a Matter of Time
ANALYSIS of Amendments to Media Law
The amendments tighten state control over informational sphere in Belarus (over the Internet in the first place) and restrict citizens’ right to free expression and the right to gather and disseminate information, guaranteed by the Constitution.
After Hasty Detention and Release, Journalist Still Goes to Questionings
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