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Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting December 22, 2014 – January 4, 2015
January 03, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting December 22, 2014 – January 4, 2015
On December 22, BAJ appealed to the Prosecutor General, the department on cyber-crimes of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Operative Analytical Center under auspices of the President, asking to investigate massive blocking of several websites in Belarus, to find those guilty and hold them accountable, and to restore access to the websites affected. BAJ underlined that the blocking violated citizens’ rights and lawful interests guaranteed by the Constitution of Belarus, the Criminal and Administrative Codes of Belarus.
January 03, 2015
Statement on the Massive Blocking of Websites
December 21, 2014
Statement on the Massive Blocking of Websites
Since December 19, several informational Internet resources in Belarus have been subject to blocking. Most of them remain inaccessible from the territory of the country until now. In particular, users’ access to belapan.com and belapan.by, naviny.by, belaruspartisan.org, charter97.org, udf.by, 21.by, gazetaby.com, zautra.by have been restricted without explanations.
December 21, 2014
Pavel Levinau Fined for 25 Basic Amounts
December 16, 2014
Pavel Levinau Fined for 25 Basic Amounts
On December 17, the Chyhunachny district court in Vitebsk heard the case of Pavel Levinau, the last person brought to account for the photo near the famous city graffiti.
December 16, 2014
Three Days Arrest for the Photo in Vitebsk
Judge Alena Tsyhankova ruled to punish the passer-by who had joined the photo session in Vitebsk with three days’ arrest – exactly the time he had spent in pre-trial detention.
December 02, 2014
Three Days Arrest for the Photo in Vitebsk
December 02, 2014
Two More Fines for Photo for Free Speech
November 30, 2014
Two More Fines for Photo for Free Speech
November 30, 2014
Free Speech Photo Ends with Fines for an Unsanctioned Action
November 27, 2014
Free Speech Photo Ends with Fines for an Unsanctioned Action
Today three participants of the photo session in Vitebsk were fined for holding an unauthorized mass event.
November 27, 2014
Open Letter of BAJ and EFJ against Prosecution of Our Colleagues in Vitebsk
Before November 5, the day of the international campaign Stand Up For Journalism, a team of BAJ members from Vitebsk took a photo at the background of a famous graffiti in Vitebsk – the image of paper-cut birds flying out of cage. This was a symbolic action to join the international campaign of the EFJ and the campaign of BAJ in support of journalists prosecuted for their professional activities.
November 25, 2014
Open Letter of BAJ and EFJ against Prosecution of Our Colleagues in Vitebsk
November 25, 2014
BAJ Activists Stand Up for Journalism
Join the Belarusian Stand up for Journalism campaign online and offline! We stand up for the rights of our persecuted colleagues Ales Dzianisau, Andrei Mialeshka, Ales Zaleuski, Maryna Mauchanava, Ales Burakou, Mikhail Arshynski, Alina Litvinchuk, Vital Siamashka, Yury Dziashuk, Yauhien Skrabiets, Mikalai Bianko, Yuliya Siviets, Sviatlana Stsiapanava, Alena Stsiapanava, Maksim Khliabiets, and a broad number of other journalists, either fined or officially warned for their professional activity.
November 05, 2014
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