News on the topic: mass media
23.01.2013 Euroradio journalist Pavel Svyardlou's accreditation cancelled
The reason for Belarus MFA's action was the administrative detention of the correspondent who was accused of public swearing back in June 2012.
21.01.2013 Journalist Volha Klaskowski fighting deportation from Sweden
Belarusian journalist Volha Klaskowski is fighting her deportation from Sweden, where she was granted political asylum several years ago, said BelaPAN.
15.01.2013 Lukashenka: has Bialiatski been released or not yet?
On 15 January Aliaksandr Lukashenka held a press-conference for Belarusian and foreign journalists. Answering a question he started talking about "Bialiatski or whatever". "Has he been released or not yet?", asked he a rhetorical question.
14.01.2013 Brest: independent journalists issued with an official warning
The prosecutor's office came to the conclusion that the articles which were published at the website of Radio "Racyja" under the nickname Alisa Pol really belonged to Alina Litvinchuk. However, the deputy prosecutor of the Brest region Aliaksandr Tochka, who passed the warning to the journalist, failed to explain how the prosecutor's office had come to such conclusion.
12.01.2013 Brest: journalists are not admitted to the trial over their colleague
The judge of the Maskouski District Court of Brest Tatsiana Isayeva turned down the petition for admitting all interested people to the trial over the photo correspondent Milana Kharytonava.
11.01.2013 Activist of United Civil Party gets warned
On 11 January the Brest Region Prosecutor's Office issued a UCP activist Alina Litvinchuk with an official warning about the inadmissibility of illegal work for foreign mass media.
11.01.2013 "Belposhta" tells "Hazeta Slonimskaya" to distribute circulation on its own
On the New Year eve the national unitary enterprise "Belposhta" received a collective address with the request the request to include the private newspaper "Gazeta Slonimskaya" in the state sale network of the national unitarian enterprise "Belsayuzdruk".
04.01.2013 "ARCHE" makes a new attempt to get registered
On 3 January a representative of the editorial board of the "ARCHE" magazine, historian Ales Pashkevich took to the Ministry of Information the documents. It is already the second attempt for the last two months to regain the license for the edition.
28.12.2012 Rahachou activist receives warning over contributing to independent website
Dzianis Dashkevich, pro-democratic activist from the town of Rahachou, received today an official warning about the inadmissibility of violation of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus.
28.12.2012 Rahachou activist summoned to Prosecutor’s Office
Dzianis Dashkevich, pro-democratic activist from the town of Rahachou, has been summoned to local Prosecutor’s Office over his critical statements at the www.vrogacheve.ru independent website.
25.12.2012 Warnings and Detentions of Journalists in 2012
BAJ summed up the information about detentions and warnings, issued by law enforcement agencies and special services to members of the organizations.
25.12.2012 Police in Smalyavichy detain group of journalists to prevent them from attending public meeting with member of local district council
A group of journalists were briefly detained by police in Smyalyavichy, Minsk region, on December 24 after they came to the city to attend a public meeting with Yahor Lebyadok, a member of the Smalyavichy District Soviet (Council).
19.12.2012 Andrzej Poczobut: journalism in hard-style
Mini-film about the politically repressed journalist of "Gazeta Wyborcza" Andrzej Poczobut, appeared on the Internet.
18.12.2012 Slonim: Unequal opportunities for mass media
Members of the Slonim-based Society of Pro-Democratic Forces have launched a campaign to collect petitions demanding equal opportunities for local newspapers.
17.12.2012 Rahachou opposition activist threatened with prosecution for using town’s coat of arms
Rahachou opposition activist Dzianis Dashkevich has received a letter from the town’s administration, saying that he may be prosecuted for illegal use of the town’s coat of arms on the www.vrogacheve.ru independent web-site.
