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EFJ president: It is worrying that the government is renewing this bad practice with a new wave of prosecution against freelance journalists”
Belarus continues its bad practice by handing over the first fine of the year on 13 January to freelance journalist, Larysa Shchyrakova, for working with “foreign media”. Following the ruling, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) have called for an immediate appeal of the ruling and urged the government to scrap the existing law.
EFJ president: It is worrying that the government is renewing this bad practice with a new wave of prosecution against freelance journalists”
Belarus continues its bad practice by handing over the first fine of the year on 13 January to freelance journalist, Larysa Shchyrakova, for working with “foreign media”. Following the ruling, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) have called for an immediate appeal of the ruling and urged the government to scrap the existing law.
The First Fine to a Freelance Journalist in 2016: 22 base amounts
The First Fine to a Freelance Journalist in 2016: 22 base amounts
BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers
BAJ Appeals to President’s Administration Regarding Persecution of Freelancers
ONT TV Channel Ignored Entrepreneurs in Brest
Traders of the Brest market TSUM invited correspondents of the ONT TV channel to express their point of view on the situation concerning the market of goods, which in fact ceased its work after the New Year holidays.
ONT TV Channel Ignored Entrepreneurs in Brest
Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)
Freelance Journalists Face another Wave of Prosecution in Belarus: Police Report Made against Larysa Shchyrakova (Homiel)
Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin
Human Rights Defenders Appeal to Close the Case of Aliaksandr Alesin
In a joint address to the authorities on December 9, Belarusian human rights defenders call on the government to close down politically motivated cases, among them the case of the observer Aliaksandr Alesin, and to stop persecution of journalists of Belsat TV and Radio Racyja.
Reporters without Borders Award Two Belarusian Journalists
Reporters without Borders Award Two Belarusian Journalists
Organization “Reporters Without Borders” in Austria honored two Belarusian journalists – Natallia Radzina, the chief editor of the charter97.org website, and Yahor Martsinovich, the deputy editor of the newspaper "Nasha Niva", – with the 2015 International Press Freedom Awards.
BAJ Members Awarded with Human Rights Prize
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