News on the topic: mass media
17.02.2012 Interrogation in police for taking photo of a flag
Syarhei Serabro, the editor of “Narodnye Novosti Vitebska” newspaper, has been called to police for an interrogation.
16.02.2012 Radio Racyja journalist detained in Barysau
Alyaksandr Yarashevich, a Radio Racyja journalist, was detained by police in Barysau.
16.02.2012 Prosecutor's office issues warning to Belsat journalist
The prosecutor's office in Hrodna has issued a warning to sole proprietor Mikalai Dzyatchenya for working without accreditation.
09.02.2012 Babruisk: procuracy refutes existence of “black lists”
In January Anatol Sanatsenka, chief editor of the private socio-political newspaper “Babruiski Kur’yer”, filed an appeal with the procuracy, in which he asked to explain the frequent visits of the police to local civil activists and the existence of the so-called “black list” of activists and journalists. He also stated that police officers posed threats to him in connection with his refusal to be fingerprinted.
08.02.2012 Vitsebsk Regional Court upholds sentence to Heorhi Stankevich
Heorhi Stankevich, the editor of the small-circulation newspaper “Kryvinka” applied to the court with the request to review the administrative case according to which he had been fined by the Beshankovichy District Court.
07.02.2012 Policemen searched car of “Vitsebski Kurjer” newspaper
A journalist of the newspaper Yuliya Kanaplyova was behind the wheel of the car.
01.02.2012 Under-aged Lobau fined for spilling noodles at the entrance of Belarusian State TV and Radio Company
The Maskouski district administrative commission of Minsk considered the case of Uladzislau Lobau, an under-aged activist of the Belarusian National-Bolshevik Party who took part in spilling noodles and scattering leaflets at the entrance of the Belarusian State TV and Radio Company on 3 December 2011. The youngsters did it to express their protest against false information regularly spread by the state media.
31.01.2012 Hrodna: journalist of Radio “Racyja” receives oral warning from KGB
Journalist Hrazhyna Shalkevich came to the Hrodna KGB department on an official summons (which, however, was composed with violations – her status wasn't mentioned in this paper). She was accompanied by a lawyer, but a KGB officer stated she didn't the lawyer's assistance as she was neither a suspect, nor an accused.
30.01.2012 Hrodna journalist summonsed to KGB
The Hrodna journalist Hrazhyna Shalkevich was summonsed to the Hrodna regional KGB department. They wanted to pass her an official summons on Saturday evening, but she was absent from home. At about 2 p.m. on Sunday she was visited by a police officer, who issued her with a summons for 6 p.m. of that day. The journalist wasn’t told why she was to come to the KGB department on a day-off, Sunday.
24.01.2012 Editor of Beshankovichy weekly appeals fine
Heorhi Stankevich, editor-in-chief of Beshankovichy independent newspaper Kryvinka is appealing a 1.4 mln. fine handed down by local court for alleged illegal distribution back on 6 January.
23.01.2012 BAJ Prepared Annual Review “Violations of Journalists’ and Mass Media Rights in Belarus in 2011”
The new online bulletin «Mass media in Belarus» dedicated to violations of journalists’ rights in 2011 is available on BAJ website in the section «Monitoring» in pdf format in Belarusian, Russian and English.
19.01.2012 Arche magazine warned by Information Ministry
The latest issue of the Arche magazine (No. 10, 2011) violated Article 22 of the Mass Media Code, the press-service of the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports, quoting official Mrs. Tatsiana Bondar.
16.01.2012 Vitsebsk road police seize independent newspapers
On 14 January, Vitsebsk road police seized 10,000 copies of the Vitsebsky Kurier independent newspaper featuring an article “Six facts on Ales Bialiatski’s case that BT and Sovetskaya Belorussia fail to cover”.
13.01.2012 Baranavichy: authorities minimize cooperation with “Intex-press”
In the beginning of 2012 the private newspaper “Intex-press” issued in Baranavichy, faced unexpected troubles. In particular, at present only its chief editor, Uladzimir Yanukevich, can attend sittings of the Baranavichy City Executive Committee as an accredited journalist, whereas earlier any journalist of the newspaper could come there.
11.01.2012 Babruisk: Anatol Sanatsenka appeals against unlawful visits of police
Anatol Sanatsenka, chief editor of the “Babruiski Kur’er” newspaper, applied to the procuracy with the request to explain the reasons why police officers paid visits to the houses of local journalists and civil activists.
