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  • Journalist Fined for Contribution to Belsat in Pinsk

    Wednesday morning, Viktar Yarashuk was detained in Pinsk by plain-clothed persons and taken to te police department.

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    At the police depart­ment, an admin­is­tra­tive report was com­piled against him accord­ing to art. 22.9 (vio­la­tion of the pro­ce­dure for pro­duc­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion of mass media prod­ucts). Straight­away, the jour­nal­ist was tak­en to the Pin­sk dis­trict court, the judge heard the case and fined the jour­nal­ist for 40 basic amounts (920 BYN). Vik­tar Yarashuk will appeal the deci­sion.

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