News on the topic: mass media
21.04.2014 Journalist carrying election observation bulletins not admitted to Belarus
Journalist Anna Azemsha was sent back at Belarus’ border with Lithuania because there were election observation bulletins in the car.
21.04.2014 Journalist in Vitsebsk facing charges over illegal work for foreign media
The fact that journalist Alena Stsiapanava is accused of working without accreditation for foreign media was reported during her visit to the Kastrychnitski district police department of Vitsebsk.
18.04.2014 Fines for Distribution of Low-Circulation Press
The Smarhon district court fined the local activist Uladzimir Shulzhytski for 3 million rubles ($300) for distribution of low-circulation bulletin Smarhonski Grak.
17.04.2014 Mahiliou: military enlistment office suggested independent journalist to agree to surveillance over himself
At the local military enlistment office Yauhen Hlushkou was proposed to sign the statement according to which intelligence services could carry out verification activities against him at any time.
10.04.2014 "BelSat" journalist beaten in Donetsk
Ales Barazenka, a correspondent of Belsat Belarusian TV channel,was attacked in Donetsk. Barazenka was attacked by strangers after shooting a news story, Belsat reports.
08.04.2014 Khotsimsk: civil society activist asks police to find slanderers
April 7, Valery Karankevich, a civil society activist from the urban settlement of Khotsimsk, applied to the Khotsimsk District Police Department.
07.04.2014 Police terrorize independent journalists
Maksim Khliabets, a journalist, was interrogated by police on Friday as a witness in an administrative case.
04.04.2014 Babruisk: Case closed, complaint ignored
Babruisk freelance journalist Maryna Malchanava received a letter from the Prosecutor's Office, saying that an administrative case against her had been closed.
04.04.2014 Hrodna journalist fined 4.5 mln
On March 24, Ales Dzianisau was questioned by the police. Then, the journalist was charged under Part 2 of Art. 22.9 of the Administrative Code for in collaboration with the Poland-based TV channel Belsat. The reporters do not have accreditation, which would allow to work legally in Belarus.
04.04.2014 Editor of independent newspaper fined on anonymous charges
Heorhi Stankevich, a teacher of the town of Beshankovichy, Vitsebsk region, has been fined 7.5 million rubles for illegally publishing and distributing the newspaper “Kryvinka”. However, the anonymous statement that was used to charge the activist did not mention the self-published newspaper. The police were urged to “see to the matter”, but they accused the editor and publisher of violating the law on mass media, instead.
03.04.2014 Babruisk journalist questioned by Investigative Committee
On April 1, chief editor of the Bobruiskiy kurier independent weekly Anatol Sanatsenka was questioned at the Babruisk interdistrict department of the Investigative Committee, press-service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports.
02.04.2014 Another student gets expelled for civil society activism
Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University expelled another active student, member of the Movement "For Freedom" Mikita Semianenka. As stated by the Institute leadership, he was expelled for academic failure, as Mikita did not get a credit in one of the subjects.
02.04.2014 Mahiliou journalist asks the police to find the crackers of the website «Free Format»
Journalist Ales Burakou has filed an appropriate appeal to the Mahiliou police. He asks to identify the persons who hacked passwords and deleted the content of the site and bring them to legal account.
31.03.2014 Teacher in Beshankovichy faces fine for spreading unregistered newspaper
Heorhi Stankevich, a teacher of the town of Beshankovichy, Vitsebsk region, has been for several years publishing the newspaper “Kryvinka”. He publishes it regularly and at his own expense, depending on the material possibilities of the founder and editor. However, he has regularly faced claims – and most often they are associated with election campaigns.
27.03.2014 Editor of Smarhon independent paper interviewed by police
On March 25, Smarhon police interviewed the editor of the small-circulation newspaper "Smarhonski Hrak” Ales Dzerhachou and the distributor of the periodical Uladzimir Shulzhytski, Press Service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports.
