News on the topic: mass media
22.04.2011 Mahiliou court turns down complaint by BelaPAN reporter
On 21 April, Mahiliou regional court dismissed a complaint by BelaPAN news agency reporter Uladzimir Laptsevich against an earlier decision by Leninski District Court, which sentenced him to 7 days of administrative arrest for alleged resisting arrest on 28 March.
21.04.2011 Minsk police detain BelPAN cameraman Padabed
Pavel Padabed, cameraman of the BelaPAN news agency, has been reportedly detained by Minsk police while shooting a story for the agency in the central Independence Square, European Radio for Belarus reports.
21.04.2011 Ministry of Information issues a warning to Arche magazine
A reason for the warning was incorrect output data of the magazine issue dedicated to the events on December 19.
21.04.2011 Official warning for comment on blog
On April 18 the editor-in-chief of “Babrujski kurjer” newspaper Anatoly Sanatsenka received a registered letter with delivery notification from the prosecutor’s office of Leninski district of Babrujsk.
21.04.2011 Stop Persecution of Our Colleagues! Statement of the Belarusian Association of Journalists
The Belarusian Association of Journalists protests vigorously against numerous facts of persecution of journalists and media that have been taking in Belarus since recently.
20.04.2011 Journalist Uladzimir Laptsevich appeals judge's actions
On 19 April Uladzimir Laptsevich, a journalist with the BelaPAN information agency, lodged a claim with the Chair of the main justice department of the Mahiliou Region Executive Committee, Aliaksandr Maimusau. He appeals actions of a judge of the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou Lanchava and an answer of the Chair of the court, Kuzhaleva, to him.
20.04.2011 Procuracy warns Nasha Niva again
The private socio-political weekly Nasha Niva was served an official warning by the Deputy Prosecutor General M.Kuklis for the article Colonel Baradach: Explosives Were Brought by Officers of a Secret Service where the former colonel of special-mission military troops expressed the opinion that the terrorist act in the Minsk metro could be ordered by some state officials who are interested in the destabilization of the situation in the country.
19.04.2011 “Nasha Niva” editor-in-chief warned for disclosing case materials
The editor-in-chief of “Nasha Niva” newspaper Andrei Skurko was summoned to the KGB and warned about possible responsibility for divulging materials of the case opened after the blast in Minsk metro on April 11.
18.04.2011 Salidarnasts chief editor questioned on metro blast
On 16 April, Aliaksandr Starykevich, editor-in-chief of the Salidarnasts Internet newspaper, was interrogated by the prosecuting authorities as a witness in the Minsk metro explosion case on 11 April.
18.04.2011 Freedom House: Belarus Internet Freedom Status -- Not Free
The Freedom House international NGO that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights has released its annual Internet Freedom report entitled "Freedom on the Net 2011".
18.04.2011 OPINION ON THE WARNING ADDRESSED TO THE BELARUSIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS ON 13 JANUARY 2010 BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF BELARUS Adopted by the Venice Commission at its 85th Plenary Session, (Venice, 17-18 December 2010)
At its 85th Plenary Session, (Venice, 17-18 December 2010), the Venice Commission adopted a document entitled OPINION ON THE WARNING ADDRESSED TO THE BELARUSIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS ON 13 JANUARY 2010 BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF BELARUS, assessing the compatibility of the official warning addressed by the Ministry of Justice to the BAJ with “universal human rights standards“.
15.04.2011 Babruisk: journalist Anatol Sanatsenka tells about pressurization by procuracy
Anatol Sanatsenka, editor of the electronic socio-political newspaper Babruiski Kur’yer, made a statement concerning pressurization exercised by the procuracy:
14.04.2011 Horki: socio-political newspaper Uzgorak warned by Ministry of Information
On 14 April the chief editor of the newspaper, Halina Budnaya, received an appropriate letter from the ministry. According to it, the warning is issued for a number of reasons. The first of them is the failure of the newspaper staff to inform the ministry about the change of the editor after the death of the previous one, well-known journalist and civil activist Eduard Brokarau. The other ones are the absence of the bar-code in several issues of the newspaper and alleged violations in the activities of the internet version of the newspaper.
14.04.2011 Police detain journalist present at mournful action in Maladechna
On 13 April an unauthorized mournful action dedicated to the terrorist act in the Minsk metro took place near St. Joseph’s Church in Maladechna. Invitations to this action were distributed through social nets. About one hundred Maladechna residents gathered for the action. No speeches were delivered, people just stood silent for some time.
13.04.2011 Union of Poles in Belarus and Gazeta Wyborcza launch campaigns for release of Andrei Pachobut
The “opposition” Union of Poles in Belarus started a campaign for change of restraint to the Chair of the Main Council of the UPB, a journalist with the Polish weekly Gazeta Wyborcza Andrei Pachobut.
