"Stand Up for Journalism" – 2008 in Belarus
The BAJ members in different Belarusian regions were drawing the public attention to the journalists' problems and the absence of freedom of speech in Belarus in different ways.
Thus, Barys Khamayda, a voluntary distributor of independent periodicals was distributing leaflets, prepared by the local membersof BAJ among the
«We produced two kinds of leaflets. They tell that Bealrus is holding the 154th place among 173 countries of the world in the global rating list on freedom of speech and on the difficulty of journalist work», the action initiators emphasized.
Moreover, Vitsiebsk journalists were cutting symbolic figures of people with the crossed mouths and glued them to
Local dwellers of Hlybokaye (Vitsiebsk region) received a fresh issue of «Volnaye Hlybokaye» newspaper with an article, dedicated to the problems of journalism in Belarus.
«We appealed to our readers with a request to write letters of complaint to the local «Belposhta» branch as well as to the Ideology Department at Hlybokaye District Executive Committee with an inquiry on the reasons of absence of «Volnaye Hlyblokaye» in the state monopolist’s subscription catalogue 2009 as well as at the
Moreover, the «Stand Up for Journalism» campaign has been supported by a large number of Belarusian
A virtual demonstration, dedicated to the global campaign, is held on the BAJ pages in the Live Journal.
The BAJ activists from Brest, Homiel, and Mahilou arranged a
Also, the young media workers were distributing noodles among the
