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15.04.2021
Belarusian Deputy Proposes To Create “Information Shield” Such As China’s
Marina Vasko, the member of the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on Education, Culture and Science, suggested creating an “information shield” in Belarus following the example of China, SB. Belarus Segondya reports.
14.04.2021
Court Sentenced Bloggers “Who Started Protests In Belarus” To 3 Years In Jail
Judge of the Oktyabrsky district court in Mogilev Olga Kravchenko found Brest bloggers Sergei Petrukhin and Alexander Kabanov guilty of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, insulting a government official. Petrukhin was also found guilty of insulting a judge. Both were sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. The bloggers were not present during the hearings: they were removed from the courtroom at the beginning of the trial. The judge rejected all petitions for the participation of the accused in the process.
12.04.2021
Euronews Won’t Broadcast In Belarus, Russian Pobeda Channel Will Replace It
Euronews TV channel will stop broadcasting in Belarus, according to the website of the Ministry of Information. It will be replaced with a Russian channel Pobeda.
12.04.2021
Volha Ivashyna: Dzianis is waiting for your support
Hrodna journalist Dzianis Ivashyn has been kept behind bars since March 12, 2021. He was grabbed by police on the street near his block when walking to a pharmacy to pick up medicines.
09.04.2021
Media expert Yulia Slutskaya writes from jail about new Belarusian normality
The founder of the press club Yulia Slutskaia, who is now in custody in pre-trial prison # 1 in Minsk, passes information through her daughter Alyaksandra about life in the prison cell.
08.04.2021
Amnesty International: Belarus authorities used torture, ill-treatment against detainees, but no police officer charged yet
On April 7, the Amnesty International organisation published its 2020/2021 report on the state of the human rights in the world; it covers 149 countries and delivers a comprehensive analysis of human rights trends globally in 2020.
08.04.2021
Minsk: Police search journo Raman Vasyukovich’s place over ‘extremist’ book
On Tuesday, security forces raided the flat of Current Time reporter Raman Vasyukoich. The search warramt was issued by the prosecutor’s office as part of the investigation into a case under Art. 130 (‘Incitement to racial, national, religious or social hatred’) of the Criminal Code.
