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Pavel Sharamet Murdered Two Years Ago. Colleagues and family paid tribute to the memory of Pavel
Journalist Dzmitry Halko Sentenced to 4 years of Open-Type Jail
Human rights defenders call to drop criminal charges against BelaPAN director
Belsat journalists to lose car and property if they don’t pay fines
Volha Czajczyc and Andrei Kozel will lose their property if they do not pay fines for professional activities within two weeks. Court officers have threatened our colleagues with social welfare agencies.
Belarusian authorities block websites for medical ads
Dialogue For Sake of Dialogue or Outcome? BAJ members spoke about the situation around freedom of speech in Belarus in Brussels
Representatives of the Belarusian Association of Journalists visited Brussels to meet the European Parliamnet's Sub-Committee on Human Rights and talk about the situation of the media and freedom of expression in Belarus; they also had a series of meetings with European diplomats. Also, BAJ members took part in the round table with the International Federation of Journalists and European Federation of Journalists. The main topic was the challenges faced by Belarusian journalists.
Legislative amendments further restrict media in Belarus, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 18 June 2018 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern following the adoption of legislative amendments in Belarus which further restrict media activities in the country. The amendments affect the work of national mass media, internet resources, and foreign media outlets.
Amendments to the Media Law Adopted in 2nd reading
BelaPAN Chief Suspected of Grand Tax Evasion
Ales Lipai, head of the Belarusian independent news agency BelaPAN , is suspected of tax evasion. Tut.by learned that from Yuri Kardymon, the spokesman of the State Control Committee's Department for Financial Investigations. Lipai was released after questioning in the Department's office. The interrogation lasted about two and a half hours.
Police Searching Apartment of BelaPAN Chief Ales Lipai. Lipai was taken in for questioning by the Departamet financial investigation
The Free Media Awards 2018 are awarded to Chai Khana, Fontanka and Belarus Partisan
The Free Media Awards 2018 are awarded to Chai Khana, Fontanka and Belarus Partisan
Belarus Freelance Journalists Heavily Fined in Big Numbers
Belarus Freelance Journalists Heavily Fined in Big Numbers
Within a few days, the police have filed a number of reports against freelance journalists for working without accreditation. Some are already punished with heavy fines for cooperation with foreign media without accreditation.
Mahiliou BAJ Condemns Police Practices
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