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Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 12 – 25, 2015
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 5 – 11, 2015
The most remarkable event of the reporting period seems to be the real threat of bankruptcy of the Lohvinau bookstore which has been fined and ordered to pay a billion rubles for “illegal entrepreneur’s activities” –selling books without registration of the Information Ministry. The private enterprise Lohvinau was not registered in 2014 in the newly set-up State Register of distributors of print products although thebookstore had applied for registration six times.
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting January 5 – 11, 2015
Lohvinau Bookstore Fined
Lohvinau Bookstore Fined
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.
Mass Media Week in Belarus Info-posting December 22, 2014 – January 4, 2015
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.
Statement on the Massive Blocking of Websites
Pavel Levinau Fined for 25 Basic Amounts
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.
Three Days Arrest for the Photo in Vitebsk
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.
Two More Fines for Photo for Free Speech
Two More Fines for Photo for Free Speech
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