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Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting April 7 – 19, 2015
Within the reporting period, one more journalist was fined for cooperation with foreign mass media. Several online provocation occurred, involving an independent news outlet and a human rights defender. BAJ member, political prisoner Yauhen Vaskovich had a short-term meeting with his relatives.
April 18, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting April 7 – 19, 2015
April 18, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting March 23 – April 6, 2015
April 05, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting March 23 – April 6, 2015
April 05, 2015
Most Providers Lift Blocking from Independent News Websites
On March 26, reports appeared that some Belarusian providers blocked access to Charter’97, Belaruspartisan, Viasna.
March 29, 2015
Most Providers Lift Blocking from Independent News Websites
March 29, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting March 16 – 22, 2015
March 21, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting March 16 – 22, 2015
March 21, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting March 2 – 15, 2015
Most discussed issues of the period were written warnings to several independent mass media for minor faults and an internal document of the Ministry of Home Affairs which prevented people from taking pictures of administrative buildings.
March 14, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting March 2 – 15, 2015
March 14, 2015
Ban to Photo Administrative Buildings Allegedly Aimed at Enhancing Safety
March 09, 2015
Ban to Photo Administrative Buildings Allegedly Aimed at Enhancing Safety
Several recent incidents with photo reporters alarmed the society: who ordered to check identities of people that take pictures of administrative buildings? A copy of the internal ruling appeared on the internet, reports Euroradio.
March 09, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting February 16 – March 1, 2015
February 28, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting February 16 – March 1, 2015
Law enforcement agencies keep following work of independent journalists contributing to foreign mass media. Besides, a new trend appeared: the Ministry of Information started issuing warnings to independent regional newspapers for minor insufficiencies in publishing data. Editors consider it to be a renewed approach aimed to place newspapers in vulnerable position before the forthcoming presidential elections.
February 28, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting February 9 – 15, 2015
Within the reporting period, there were threats and obstacles to journalists’ work; state agencies kept answering something about the blocking of websites in December; and the commission on extremism announced it found no banned contents in a human rights report.
February 14, 2015
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