News on the topic: mass media
22.12.2014 BelaPAN: Blocking IP-addresses is attack on freedom of speech
The BelaPAN information company has released a statement after the IP-addresses of the websites belapan.by, belapan.com and naviny.by were blocked on December 20.
22.12.2014 Independent Belarusian News Websites Blocked
Several independent news websites have been blocked in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, where the government exerts close control of news media.
22.12.2014 Court orders to collect money from independent media in Horki
On December 18, after a long break the Horki District Court continued hearing the lawsuit by head of local office of the Belarusian Society of the Disabled Tamara Kaltunova against the BelaPAN news agency and the private enterprise UzHorak, which publishes the newspaper of the same name.
18.12.2014 Independent journalist in Brest faces administrative charges
Ales Liauchuk, member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, has received a phone call from a police officer of the Brest Leninski District Police Department.
18.12.2014 Publisher of Volny Horad newspaper files appeal to Mahiliou Regional Court
Uladzimir Kudrautsau, publisher of the Krychau-based independent newspaper Volny Horad, filed yesterday an appeal with the Mahiliou Regional Court against the decision of the Krychau District Court of December 8.
18.12.2014 Hrodna Regional Court turns down appeal by journalist Mikhail Karnevich
On December 18, Judge Mikalai Rachynski of the Hrodna Regional Court dismissed the appeal of journalist Mikhail Karnevich. The BAJ member challenged the ruling of Judge Alena Piatrova of the Leninski District Court, who actually convicted the journalist for the performance of his professional duties during the celebration of the 1863 uprising memorial day held in Svislach and Yakushouka on October 26.
18.12.2014 Mahiliou police admit slander against BSDP deputy chairman
However, in order to find the offenders and bring them to justice, Ihar Barysau was advised to file a claim in Ukraine, where the website voskresinfo.com is located, which posted several offensive articles about the social democrat.
18.12.2014 Journalist in Biaroza fined over work without accreditation
Independent journalist Tamara Shchapiotkina has been sentenced to a fine of 4.5 mln rubles. Commenting on the decision of the judge, the journalist said that the court had received orders from the security services.
17.12.2014 Zaleuski: State makes journalists work illegally
Independent journalist Ales Zaleuski received a warning from a prosecutor after two fines.
17.12.2014 Websites equated to mass media in Belarus
The authorities can completely block any website.
17.12.2014 Committee to Protect Journalists: China is world's worst jailer of the press
The Committee to Protect Journalists identified 220 journalists in jail around the world in 2014, an increase of nine from 2013. The tally marks the second-highest number of journalists in jail since CPJ began taking an annual census of imprisoned journalists in 1990, and highlights a resurgence of authoritarian governments in countries such as China, Ethiopia, Burma, and Egypt.
16.12.2014 Journalist Ales Zaleuski summoned to Prosecutor’s Office
It is possible that the two administrative sentences imposed on independent journalist Ales Zaleuski will be followed by a prosecutorial warning, according to the press service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists.
15.12.2014 Journalist asks Office of Prosecutor General to teach records management to Mahiliou prosecutors
Ales Burakou has filed a complaint against the actions of the Mahiliou prosecutors with the Office of the Prosecutor General.
09.12.2014 Orsha activist points minister at popularization of neo-Nazis by STV channel
Orsha civil society activist Ihar Kazmerchak has appealed to the Minister of information Liliya Ananich asking for an assessment of the actions of responsible persons who put on the air of STV channel programs that popularize modern neo-Nazis.
05.12.2014 Valiantsin Stefanovich speaks against the clear-up of the informational space under the disguise of fight against drug trafficking
During his speech at the meeting on combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances on December 4 the Interior Minister Ihar Shunevich said that there was an urgent need to adjust the legislation related to Internet activities. In particular, in his opinion, all Belarusian Internet users must be prohibited access to the websites put on the list of restricted access.
