News on the topic: mass media
19.03.2013 Slonim hospital staff forcefully subscribed to official press
The staff at the Slonim district hospital are made to subscribe to an official newspaper.
16.03.2013 Police drop charges against journalist Andrzej Poczobut, his guilt not proved
MINSK, March 15. The Office of the Investigative Committee’s Hrodna regional department completed the investigation of criminal charges brought under Par. 2 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code (“defamation of the President committed by a person who has previously been convicted of libel”) against Hrodna journalist Andrzej Poczobut, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
15.03.2013 "Detention of journalists was justified"
The Investigative Committee refused to bring a criminal case on the fact of the detention of members of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
14.03.2013 "ARCHE" gets third registration denial
This was reported to European Radio for Belarus by the acting chief editor of the magazine, Ales Pashkevich.
11.03.2013 Administrative charges presented to former MP for interview to "BelSat"
On 11 March, police inspector Siarhei Karytkin paid a visit to a former member of Bialynichy Disrtrict Council, dweller of the village of Lebiadzianka Valery Vusik.
07.03.2013 Bialynichy: entrepreneur is recommended to stop distributing independent press
These days the shop of Bialynichy entrepreneur Mikalai Miatselitsa has been visited by an officer of Bialynichy District Police Department.
04.03.2013 Andrei Pachobut is threatened with imprisonment
Andrei Pachobut was officially warned about the inadmissibility of participation in an "unauthorized event" on 11 March.
04.03.2013 Belarusian language is squeezed out of district state-owned press
Members of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party hold an action in support of the use of the Belarusian language in the pages of the local state-owned press.
28.02.2013 Journalists shortly detained in Minsk
Journalists Vasil Siamashka, Hanna Afonina and Siarhei Satsiuk were detained by the police this afternoon in Minsk.
27.02.2013 Zhana Litvina: BelaPAN journalist’s rights violated
The situation is quite untypical. First the journalist was allowed to carry out his professional duties, but then a police brigade was called.
27.02.2013 Bialynichy pro-dem activist faces charges of illegal distribution of independent newspapers and alleged defamation
Bialynichy police lieutenant Siarhei Karytkin filed two police reports on alleged administrative offences committed by local civil society activist Valery Vusik. The first report deals with the alleged libel against the chairman of the “Lebiadzianka” state-owned farm Piotr Bialou, the other relates to distributing independent newspaper “Mahiliouski Vybar”, which allegedly constitutes a violation of Article 17 of the Media Law of the Republic of Belarus.
26.02.2013 Activist from Navapolatsk terrorized over the phone
The editor of the Navapolatsk web-site Free Region Yauheni Parchynski is threatened with troubles for a critical article about the authorities.
25.02.2013 BCD website blocked
The website of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party has been blocked for Belarusian Internet users since 24 February, the BCD press-service reports.
25.02.2013 CPJ: Belarusian Authorities Must Stop Harassing Irina Khalip
New York, February 19, 2013--Belarusian authorities must stop harassing Irina Khalip and trying to force the prominent Novaya Gazeta reporter into exile, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement today.
23.02.2013 UN launches worldwide campaign to support journalists
On February 22, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the safety of journalists and announced the launch of a grassroots campaign “A Day Without News.” The campaign aims at drawing attention to the journalists who have been intimidated, arrested and prosecuted, the UN News Centre reports.
