Andrei Bastunets

Next year marks a mile­stone for the BAJ, which cel­e­brates its anniver­sary in exile. “I tru­ly believe in the mis­sion of our orga­ni­za­tion. This is what keeps me going,” says BAJ chair­man Andrei Bas­tunets. In the inter­view, he talks about how the orga­ni­za­tion has grown, shares his thoughts on the Belaru­sian media sec­tor, dis­cuss­es jour­nal­is­tic […]

The inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty con­tin­ues to demand the release of Belaru­sian col­leagues. The BAJ sum­ma­rizes the inter­im results of the Sol­i­dar­i­ty Marathon, which has been ongo­ing for a year and four months.

On Sep­tem­ber 3, the 33rd Eco­nom­ic Forum opened in Karpacz, Poland. Andrei Bas­tunets, chair­man of the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, was among the speak­ers. He talked about the Belaru­sian press and how it gets influ­enced by Russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da.