The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

04.03.2015 Photojournalist Uladzimir Hrydzin detained in Minsk

The journalist was detained at the trial against Dzianis Zamiatalin.

27.02.2015 Freelance journalist in Brest appeals court ruling

Alina Litvinchuk, a freelance journalist in Brest, is outraged by the fact that she only learned about the charges brought against her and a court decision (a fine of 40 basic units) from the judgment, which he received by mail.

27.02.2015 Journalist held at police station 4 hours for photographing Academy of Science

A journalist of Komsomolskaya Pravda v Belarusi, Dzmitry Lasko, was held at a police station for four hours.

26.02.2015 Famous Journalist Denied Visa to Belarus

David Crawford was going to be a lecturer at the Press Club Belarus on February 27. Instead, a webinar will be organized.

26.02.2015 Brest journalist fined in absentia

Leninski District Court of Brest has flagrantly violated Procedure Code, the Constitution and intermational standards. Independent journalist Alina Litvinchuk informed Radio Racyja.

16.02.2015 Journalist keeps seeking accreditation in Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies

Uladzimir Laptsevich, a correspondent for the BelaPAN news agency, has sent another petition to the chairman of the Mahiliou Regional Council Anatol Isachenka. In his address, the journalist asks to specify a particular item of a specific regulatory or legislative act, according to which journalists are obliged to apply for attending the public sessions of the Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies.

16.02.2015 Journalist faces obstacles in covering exhibition in Hrodna

On 13 February, journalist Andrei Mialeshka was not allowed to record the opening of an exhibition entitled “Museum of Chocolate” at the local history and archaeology museum, after an order from first deputy head of ideology of the Hrodna Regional Executive Committee Aliaksandr Viarsotski.

13.02.2015 Journalist Viktar Parfionenka to continue litigation with MFA

The Leninski District Court of Minsk refused to consider the lawsuit of the Hrodna journalist Viktar Parfionenka against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

05.02.2015 Freelancers face threats and insults in Brest

The incident took place during shooting of a video report about the destruction of historic buildings near one of them – Warburgs' colony which will be destroyed soon.

03.02.2015 Mahiliou journalist Aliaksandr Burakou appeals against fine

January 31, Aliaksandr Burakou filed an appeal to Chairman of the Mahiliou Regional Court.

01.02.2015 Freelance journalist in Brest keeps appealing fine

Ales Liauvhuk, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, is preparing an appeal to the Chairman of the Brest Regional Court after it upheld verdict of the Leninski District Court of Brest, which fined the journalist 6 million rubles.

01.02.2015 Journalist seeks access to meetings of Mahiliou Regional Council

For over a year, Uladzimir Laptsevich, a journalist of the BelaPAN news agency, has been unable to attend the open meetings of the Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies, facing bans referring to the Council’s inner regulations, which allegedly require an invitation.

29.01.2015 Court in Svetlahorsk convicts journalists on charges of illegal picketing

Homel journalists Larysa Shchyrakova and Kanstantsin Zhukouski, according to a ruling of the Svetlahorsk District Court, are offenders subject to a fine of 900 thousand rubles each. The decision on charges of illegal picketing was taken on January 23. The journalists did not attend the meeting and received the ruling by mail on January 28.

23.01.2015 Brest Regional Court dismisses journalists’ appeals

Judge Natallia Surma of the Brest Regional Court has dismissed the appeals of independent journalists Ales Liauchuk and Tamara Shchapiotkina, who in December 2014 were fined 40 and 30 basic units, respectively, on charges of violating Part 2, Article 22.9 of the Administrative Code.