News on the topic: mass media
12.11.2013 International experts analyze the Belarusian legislation in the sphere of NGOs
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) prepared an analysis of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus on the non-profit organizations. This is by far the most thorough and comprehensive review of the Belarusian non-profit law and the legal environment of non-governmental organizations.
12.11.2013 Belarus remains at bottom of Eastern Partnership media freedom lis
Minsk, 11 November. Belarus has again been ranked last among the six Eastern Partnership participating countries in a media freedom index compiled by Ukraine`s Internews with the support of the European Union, Andrei Bastunets, deputy chairman of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), told reporters in Minsk on Monday.
12.11.2013 Authorities cover up black lists' compilers
Officials conceal on the basis of which document independent web-sites have been included in the list of Internet information sources with limited access.
11.11.2013 Trial “BELSATplus” vs. “BelSat TV” postponed to 9 December
The Supreme Court decided to defer the trial on request of the representative of the “BelSat TV” Michail Yanchuk.
06.11.2013 Citizens, detained near the detention facility in Akrestsin Street, released in three hours
On 6 November the police arrested nine people who came to the center for the isolation of offenders in Akrestsin Street to meet the Homel resident Yury Rubtsou, detained after the end of the “Dziady” rally in Minsk and sentenced to 3 days of arrest for the alleged “insubordination to the police”.
30.10.2013 Journalists detained in Minsk again
Independent journalists Alyaksandr Barazenka and Maria Artsybashava were detained on Tuesday near the Pershamaiskaya metro station in Minsk.
25.10.2013 Mahiliou KGB avenges blogger
Dzmitry Yarmolenka has been already kicked out of the Kuliashou Mahiliou State University, and now they are trying to put pressure on him at work.
24.10.2013 Krychau court dismisses case against Volny Horad newspaper
Krychau district court dismissed today another lawsuit filed against the journalists of the independent newspaper Volny Horad ("Free Town"), after employees of the Cherykau-based state-owned enterprise PMK-280 gave up their claims to the weekly.
24.10.2013 Lohvinau Sues Information Ministry
On October 23, the publishing house “Lohvinau” filed a lawsuit to the Supreme Economic Court demanding to nullify the Ministry’s order to withdraw license from the publishing house.
24.10.2013 Good Cop or Bad Cop?
On October 23 the chairperson of BAJ Zhanna Litvina and her deputy Andrei Bastunets had a talk with the head of the police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee Aliaksandr Barsukou. The topic of the meeting was the detention of journalists on October 19 at the railway station in Minsk.
23.10.2013 Investigation into Veranika Charkasava Case Suspended
It has been nine years since the journalist of Solidarity newspaper Veranika Charkasava was stabbed to death in her flat on October 20, 2004.
22.10.2013 Krychau district court grants another lawsuit against Volny Horad newspaper
On October 22, the District Court of Krychau satisfied a claim by the Cherykau-based PMK-280 state-owned enterprise against the newspaper Volny Horad (“Free Town”). Judge Antanina Kachanava concluded that in an article entitled “We’ll Wait with a Contradiction” the journalists of the newspaper discredited and undermined the company's business reputation. The article was published on June 29, 2013.
21.10.2013 Mass detentions of journalists in Minsk
Independent journalists were detained at Minsk's central railway station.
17.10.2013 Brest freelance journalist complains to President of Supreme Court
Press photographer Milana Kharytonava is appealing an earlier judgment of the court of first instance and a decision of the Civil Division of the Brest Regional Court in the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation.
16.10.2013 Jurists Alarmed by New Presidential Edict on Broadcasting and Printing Activities
“Performing licensed activities for the purpose which contradicts the interests of the Republic of Belarus” will be a gross violation of the law on licensing.
