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14 Journalists Served Official Charges in BelTA Case
The final amount of financial damages made by the journalists to the state-owned news agency BelTA, will be given later. This is what Yulia Hancharova, official representative of the Investigation Committee, told BAJ.
According to Hancharova, official charges were served to 14 people.
November 13, 2018
European Commissioner discusses EU-Belarus cooperation with human rights defenders
October 31, 2018
Ukrainian journalist arrested in Belarus
October 29, 2018
Ukrainian journalist arrested in Belarus
October 29, 2018
Freelancers of Nordic Countries Make a Statement to Support Colleagues in Belarus
The annual conference Nordic Freelance 2018 has taken place in the Swedish town Malmö. The participants issued a statement of support for freelancers in Belarus, demanding to stop harassment of freelance journalists for their professional activities.
September 17, 2018
PPF concerned over detainment of Belarusian Journalists
August 10, 2018
Statement of the Belarusian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum In connection with the wave of searches in the editorial offices of the media and the detention of journalists
On August 7, 2018, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus disseminated information on the initiation of a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 349 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (unauthorized access to computer information, committed with a different personal interest, which caused significant harm). Over the past two days, offices were searched by a number of Belarusian media: BelaPAN, Tut.by, the newspaper Kultura, Realt.by.
August 09, 2018
Article 19: Stop harassment of independent media outlets
ARTICLE 19 condemns the recent wave of police raids on independent media outlets in Belarus, resulting in the detention of several journalists, at least seven of which remain in detention. We call on the government of Belarus to immediately and unconditionally release all detained journalists and to refrain from further harassment.
August 09, 2018
The IFJ/EFJ condemn Police raid on independent media agencies
Міжнародная і Еўрапейская федэрацыі журналістаў (IFJ / EFJ) падтрымала заклікі сябра-арганізацыі Беларускай асацыяцыі журналістаў (БАЖ) неадкладна вызваліць групу журналістаў, затрыманую пасля рэйдаў Следчага камітэта.
August 08, 2018
Statement by the Spokesperson of the Secretary General on searches and arrests in Belarusian media
August 07, 2018
Statement on the Searches of Media Offices and Detentions of Journalists
August 07, 2018
Alexander Burakou: Some Receive President’s Awards, and Some — Only Fines
25-30-year-olds are taking the lead in newsrooms and management of media outlets. They are the people of different mind frame. Their values and ideas are different from those of the generation who created the independent media of modern Belarus.
Journalist Alexander Burakou discusses the generation gap and why those the fighters for the freedom of speech of the 1990s have lost.
June 11, 2018
Public discussion of changes in the Law on Mass Media: We are like a frog in a heated water that doesn’t feel she’ll be cooked soon
April 18, 2018
Andrei Bastunets: ‘The Dialogue with the EU Continues, but Problems with Freedom of Speech Remain to be Unsolved’
Andrei Bastunets, the Chairperson of Belarusian Association of Journalists expressed his concern with the fact, that the dialogue with the EU in the framework of ‘Eastern Partnership’ program continues, but it doesn’t result in any progress with situation with human rights in Belarus.
February 27, 2018
The Belarusian Association of Journalists Protests against Blocking Access to Social and Political Web-sites
January 26, 2018
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