News on the topic: mass media
15.03.2012 More victims of foreign travel restrictions
Zhanna Litvina, Mikhail Yanchuk and Andrei Bandarenka were not allowed to leave Belarus.
14.03.2012 Siarhei Shupa denied entrance to Belarus
Journalist of the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty Siarhei Shupa was denied in receiving a Belarusian visa. Today the journalist, who lives in Prague, received his passport from the Belarusian consulate with the “denied” seal.
14.03.2012 Andrei Dynko not let abroad
“Nasha Niva” managing editor was ordered to get off the train on the border on his way from Minsk to Vilnius.
13.03.2012 Brest: correspondent of Radio "Racyja" summonsed to procuracy
Another journalist is summonsed to the Brest Regional Procuracy. This time it's Zmitser Kisel.
13.03.2012 Swedish journalists detained in Minsk
A Swedish TV crew was detained in Minsk at about 6 p.m. on 12 March. Police also detained a Belarusian correspondent of Russian News Service radio, Uladzimir Chudziantsou, and a member of the Belarusian Journalists Association (BAJ), Illia Kuzniatsou, who were accompanying a crew of Sveriges Television (cameraman Sven Bergmann, correspondent Olav Christopherson and producer Isabelle Somerfeld).
12.03.2012 Navapolatsk: Dzmitry Ryzhychenka sues "Vector-TV"
Dzmitry Ryzhychenka filed a lawsuit against the TV company "Vector-TV" with the Navapolatsk City Court. The plaintiff believes that the report concerning actions of an "ultra-right youth group", broadcast by the TV channel on 24 February, insults his honor and dignity and contains libel.
05.03.2012 Belarusian Association of Journalists urges procuracy to abolish warnings to its members
On 2 March the Belarusian Association of Journalists submitted an official letter to the Hrodna regional prosecutor, Viktar Marozau, in which the difference between freelance journalists and foreign media journalists is explained.
05.03.2012 Human rights defender Valery Shchukin deprived of pension
Prominent human rights activist Valery Shchukin may get deprived of his pension and means of living due to a denial from the citizenship and migration department of the Frunzenski District Police Department of Minsk.
27.02.2012 Radio Racyja journalist summoned to prosecutor’s office
Hrazhyna Shalkevich, reporter of the Poland-based Radio Racyja, has been summoned to Hrodna Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Radio Racyja reports.
27.02.2012 Journalist Andrei Myaleshka “invited” to KGB
Andrei Myaleshka, a member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), waits to receive a summons to the KGB.
23.02.2012 Alarming Tendency Strengthens; Journalists Thwarted in Entering an Open Trial
According to some of BAJ members, when they were let inside the court building, the doors to the court hall where the trial takes place were closed, and the guards told them there were no empty places.
23.02.2012 Young Front activists convicted in absentia
On 22 February, Vitsebsk District Court sentenced four Young Front activists to three days of administrative arrest each for alleged disorderly conduct.
21.02.2012 BelaPAN reporter not allowed attending government-organized seminar in Homel
On 21 February, BelaPAN journalist Alena Hermanovich was not allowed to cover a seminar on the cooperation of the state and businessmen held in Homel on the initiative of local executive authorities.
21.02.2012 Hrodna prosecutor’s office issues warning to independent journalists
Journalists of the Poland-based independent media Viktar Parfionenka (Radio Racyja) and Ales Dzianisau (BelSat TV Channel) have received official warnings by Hrodna Regional Prosecutor’s Office for working in Belarus without MFA’s accreditation.
21.02.2012 Committee to Protect Journalists denounces Lukashenka regime
The Lukashenka regime reinforced its reputation as Europe's most repressive regime for the press last year, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report released on Tuesday.
