News on the topic: mass media
14.01.2008 Hantsavichy Authorities Interfere with Work of Independent Journalists
The journalist of a non-state newspaper Hantsavitski Chas Iryna Damaratskaya was not admitted to the awarding of the best pupils and teachers of the district that took place on 9 January in Hantsavichy culture palace.
14.01.2008 Journalists Seized for Interview with Oppositional Politician
After an interview with the member of the United Civil Party, an economist Pavel Daneika, the police seize the journalists Uladzimir and Halina Samoilaus and a cameraman Valery Buldyk. After the arrest and search policemen confiscated their equipment.
14.01.2008 Homel: KGB Searches Journalist Padsasonny’s Apartment
Officers of the local KGB department searched an apartment of member of the Belarusian Association of Belarus Siarhei Padsasonny in Homel on 12 January.
11.01.2008 Charges in Aliaksandr Zdvizhkou’s Case Are Aggravated
At 10 a.m. on 11 December the trial over the former deputy editor of the Zgoda newspaper Aliaksandr Zdvizhkou started at Minsk city court. Zdvizhkou is accused of fomenting the religious enmity for having reprinted in the paper the cartoons of the prophet Mohammad from a Danish newspaper in February 2006.
10.01.2008 Independent Electronic Editions Are Blocked
At about 10 a.m. on 10 December the access to the web-sites of the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty and Charter’97 were blocked and the Belarusian Partisan web-site worked with problems.
09.01.2008 Minsk: Criminal Case against Aliaksandr Zdvizhkou Reopened
Minsk city court has reopened a criminal case against the non-state newspaper Zgoda, which was brought two years ago for reprint of the prophet Mohammad charges from a Danish newspaper.
09.01.2008 Vitsebsk: New Threat Letters from Russian Nazis
Recently representatives of an unregistered Russian neonazi organization Russian National Unity (RNE) have sent letters to the editor of the Kurier newspaper Uladzimir Bazan and its distributor Barys Khamaida.
08.01.2008 KGB Can Do Anything?
Authorities of Homel oblast KGB office did not find any law violations in the actions of the KGB agents who had detained the journalist Siarhei Padsasonny.
21.12.2007 Charhinets wins millions of rubles in court
“Novy Chas” is to pay Charhinets 50 million roubles. Journalist Aliaksandr Tamkovich must pay 1 million roubles.
14.12.2007 Journalist Padsasonny’s Complaint Forwarded to KGB
Homel oblast prosecutor’s office forwarded the complaint of Homel journalist, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Siarhei Padsasonny against unlawful actions of the KGB to those against who he complained.
14.12.2007 Norwegian PEN-center and IPA: Freedom of Expression Is Violated in Belarus
During the last two years the government of Belarus did not improve the situation of the freedom of expression and continued pressurizing journalists and writers. This is the opinion presented in the report of representatives of the Norwegian PEN-center and the International Publishers’ Association on the results of their visits to Belarus in November 2007.
12.12.2007 Internet Can’t Be Silenced
The House of Representatives has adopted a draft law 'On Information, Informatization and Protection of Information' in the first reading.
07.12.2007 KGB Persecutes ‘Belsat’ Journalist
A journalist from Homel, a member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Siarhei Padsasonny applied to the regional prosecutor’s office with a complaint against the actions of the Homel oblast KGB office.
05.12.2007 EU Will Attentively Watch Charhinets Vs. ‘Novy Chas’ Case
The European Union is watching a libel case against the private newspaper 'Novy Chas', Cristina Gallach, spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, told the BelaPAN.
04.12.2007 Belarusian Customs Officers Check-up Journalists’ Laptops
In the night of 1-2 December at the frontier point 'Tserakhava' on the Ukrainian border the Belarusian customs officers took away for a check-up the laptop that belonged to the journalist of Radio 'Racyja' Aliaksei Minchonak. Minchonak was returning from a press tour across the Ukrainian part of Chernobyl zone.
