News on the topic: mass media
26.06.2013 Rahachou activist questioned by police over publication on independent website
Dzianis Dashkevich, pro-democratic activist from the town of Rahachou, had to provide explanations to local policemen over a publication on the independent website vrogacheve.ru.
26.06.2013 Private Newspaper Returns to State Distribution System after 8 Years Exclusion
Since June 1, 2013 the regional non-state newspaper Borisovskiye Novosti has been available for subscription in Belposhta in Minsk region.
24.06.2013 Belarus Press Photo 2011 Appeal Dismissed
The judicial panel of the Hrodna regional court heard Julia Darashkevich, one of the organizers of the contest, and the lawyers Aliaksandr Birylau and Larysa Atamanchuk. Hearing the appeal took only half an hour.
18.06.2013 Valiantsin Stefanovich petitions head of state TV company over discrimination of death convict
On June 1, the state-run TV channel “Belarus-1” in showed in a program “Secrets of Investigation” a story which told about the murder in Mahiliou prison. In this story, which told the audience about the circumstances of the murder committed by Ryhor Yuzepchuk and his accomplice, who killed their cellmate, in the context of the negative characteristics of the person that repeatedly stated his nationality.
17.06.2013 Police seize 10,000 copies of newspaper Nash Dom
Some 10,000 copies of the Nash Dom (“Our House”) newspaper, a thousand branded envelopes and other printed matter of the civil campaign “Our House” were seized yesterday by employees of Minsk Savetski district police department in one of the capital’s private garages, www.svabodaby.net reports.
17.06.2013 Krychau district court rules against independent newspaper
The District Court of Krychau ruled today in the claim for “the protection of business reputation” by the Cherykau-based state-owned enterprise PMK (Mobile Mechanical Division) No. 280 against local independent newspaper Volny Horad (“Free Town”). The claim dealt with an article about salary payment delays at the enterprise. As a result, the court found the information regarding the enterprise as false, and ordered the newspaper to publish a retraction.
17.06.2013 Belsat reporter shortly detained in Staubtsy district
The detention took place at about 3 p.m. on June 16, while Ales Silich, journalist of the Belsat independent TV channel, was making a story in Staubtsy district, where, according to some reports, a suspicious pig pestilence was recently noticed, the BAJ press-service reports.
14.06.2013 Council of Europe expects from Belarus more than moratorium on death penalty
Official Minsk also has to demonstrate progress on freedom of elections and the media.
11.06.2013 Journalist of "European Radio for Belarus" denied accreditation to press-conference at House of Representatives
The journalist of the European Radio for Belarus Zmitser Lukashuk has been denied accreditation for today’s conference in the lower chamber of Parliament.
08.06.2013 Brest: marked administration hinders journalists
The incident took place on 6 June on the territory of the Brest market "Autazapchastki" ("Spare parts for cars") during a visit of the initiators of the campaign "Popular Referendum" who wanted to talk with entrepreneurs and other residents of the city.
07.06.2013 Prosecutor's office issues a warning to journalist Ales Silich
A member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists received an official warning from the Smaliavichy District Prosecutor's Office for cooperation with the TV channel "Belsat".
05.06.2013 Minsk police detain girl for hanging newspaper "Nash Dom"
The detention was carried out at about 3.30 p.m. on 5 June. As stated by the editor of "Vitsebski Kur'yer" Aleh Barshcheuski, Natallia Liavonava was detained for handing out the newspaper "Nash Dom".
04.06.2013 OSCE media freedom representative urges Belarusian government to reform media regulations
There is an urgent need to reform and liberalize Belarus’ media regulations, Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE representative on freedom of the media, said in Minsk on Tuesday while meeting with members of the country’s lower parliamentary chamber, the House of Representatives.
04.06.2013 Hrodna Regional Court to consider case on extremism in "Press-photo Belarus 2011" on 24 June
The Hrodna Regional Court will consider the appeal of Belarus Press Photo-2011 contest on 24 June. The photo albums of the yearly national photo competition were found extremist by court of Ashmiany on 18 April; if the decision is upheld on appeal, 41 copies of the albums will be destroyed.
31.05.2013 Minsk City Court dismisses appeals by Radio Racyja reporters
Today the judge of the Minsk City Court Valer Kamisarau heard the appeal of two independent journalists Aliaksandr Yarashevich and Henadz Barbarych who were detained on April 27th after the Chernobyl Way demonstration and got three days’ arrest for disobeying police’s demands.
