Prosecutor's office issues a warning to journalist Ales Silich
BAJ members Ales Silich and Volha Chaichyts. Photo by belsat.eu
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".
A few
weeks ago, the correspondents of TV channel "Belsat" Volha
Chaichyts and Ales Silich received subpoenas with the requirement to
appear in the Smaliavichy District Prosecutor's Office to give
explanations.
The call to the prosecutor was associated with
the presence of the journalists at the public discussion of the
project of the Belarusian-Chinese industrial park near Smaliavichy,
held in April.
A policemen who was present at the discussion
put down the passport data of the journalists, telling they would be
ounished, after which an official warning was issued to the BAJ
member Volha Chaichyts.
Today the same happened to Ales
Silich who paid a visit to the prosecutor's office on his return to
Belarus. The journalist does not agree with the warning and is going
to appeal it, as according to the Constitution of Belarus he has the
right to collect, store and disseminate any information.
