News on the topic: mass media
09.12.2010 Another criminal case brought against Charter'97?
A journalist of charter97.org website Natallia Radzina was told about that by the head of the investigation department of the Minsk City Procuracy Siarhei Ivanou.
06.12.2010 Distributor of Vitebskiy Kurier fined 700,000 rubles
Siarhei Kandakou was detained on 31 October while throwing newspapers into postboxes in block 5 of house 28 in Tserashkou Street in Vitsebsk.
06.12.2010 Forced subscription to state-owned press continues
The subscription campaign has started in Belarus. The ideological departments of the district executive committees are again sending Plans of organizational measures to conduct subscription to printed mass media to state enterprises and institutions.
03.12.2010 Another dismissal for video clip
A week after the dismissal of Yauhen Shapchyts for a video trailer about an elderly woman, canvassing and passport (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36jGq6EeYkk), one of the main actors, Pavel Bandzich, followed his fate.
03.12.2010 Hrodna: the regional court sides with a district court
On 2 December the Hrodna Region Court considered the appeal of Dzmitry Bandarchuk against the verdict of the Leninski District Court of Hrodna of 10 November 2010, according to which he was fined 700,000 rubles (about $230) for the alleged production and an attempt of distribution of the newspaper Prauda Niakliayeva.
02.12.2010 Lelchytsy: Svetlaye Zhyttsio agitates for Lukashenka
The state-owned socio-political newspaper Svetlaye Zhyttsio started promoting the incumbent President. The agitation is carried out on behalf of his most reliable electors – pensioners. The 27 July issue of the newspaper contains the article To Make The Right Choice by a former teacher Valiantsina Siutsiukava.
01.12.2010 Procuracy to instigate no criminal case on Aleh Biabenin’s death
The Minsk Region Procuracy won’t bring a criminal case on the death of the journalist Aleh Biabenin. This information was given to the information agency BelaPAN by the senior assisting prosecutor of the Minsk region Tatsiana Kalinkina.
19.11.2010 BAJ suggests PACE to conduct hearings on freedom of media in Belarus
The representative of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Andrej Aliaksandrau suggested to conduct special hearings dedicated to freedom of media in Belarus, during the session of the PACE Political Affairs Committee on November 18.
15.11.2010 Police hinder distribution of Novy Chas
The police blocked the minibus that transported the circulation of the fresh issue of Novy Chas.
10.11.2010 Slonim: newspaper predicts results of election
The newspaper of the Slonim District Executive Committee Slonimski Vesnik didn’t write anything about the collection of signatures for the nomination of presidential candidates. However, on 10 November it suddenly published as many as three articles in the column Election-2010 in its front page.
09.11.2010 Journalist detained for attempt to interview potential candidate for President
At about 2.30 p.m. in Vitsebsk the police detained journalist Uladzislau Staraverau who was taking an interview from Uladzimir Pravalski and shooting him on video camera. Mr. Pravalski didn’t even manage to answer any of his questions, as the detention was conducted in five minutes after the beginning of the interview.
03.11.2010 Brest region: websites of district election commissions cover ‘Question to President’ instead of presidential election
According
to the vast majority of official websites, the main event these days is not the
end of collection of signatures for nomination of candidates for president and formation
of precinct election commissions, but the informational action Question to President which they
actively advertise.
14.10.2010 Minsk Regional Court turns down complaint of activist of 'Speak Truth'
On 14 September the judge of the Salihorsk District Court Yahor Barysenka declared the activist of the civil campaign Speak Truth Andrei Tychyna guilty of unlawful distribution of the newspaper Prauda Niakliayeva and fined him 1,225,000 rubles (about $408). The activist appealed this verdict at the Minsk Regional Court.
13.10.2010 Minsk: state-owned press keeps silent about presidential election
During the recent weeks the state-owned newspapers of the Minsk region – Minski Kuryer, Viacherni Minsk and Prystalichcha haven’t told the readers even the surnames of the potential candidates for the presidential position. Only those who read the articles in the Officially column can conclude that an electoral campaign is held in the country because the authorities create election commissions.
13.10.2010 Chief editor of ‘Vitebskiy Kurier’ fined 1,225,000 rubles
The Liozna District Court considered the administrative case against the chief editor of the socio-political newspaper Vitebskiy Kurier Viktar Ramniou who was charged with unlawful distribution of the newspaper for transporting 11,000 copies of it from a Russian printing house to Vitsebsk.
