Analysis shows there have been no visible improvements of Belrusian media freedom during in recent years. The authorities must now act.
Belarus must immediately reform its approach to media
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CATEGORY: Belarus
Belarus: Violence and intimidation of journalists unchecked
One of the greatest chills on the freedom of expression in Belarus is the disappearance, murder, suspicious suicide and impunity against media workers that has demonstrated the very real physical risks that those who practice independent journalism in Belarus face.
Belarus: Laws and regulations stifle independent media
Despite the constitutional guarantees and international obligations, Belarusian laws, by-laws and practices of their implementation seriously restrict the media freedom.
Belarus: A distorted media market strangles independent voices
The authorities in Belarus tilt the media market toward state-owned players to help cement the government’s hold on power and deny the rise of a truly independent press.
Belarus: Europe’s most hostile media environment
Belarus continues to have one of the most restrictive and hostile media environments in Europe.
Belarus: Time for media reform
In a new policy paper, launched today in Minsk, Index on Censorship calls for the much-needed reforms of the media field in Belarus.
Belarus: Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski could walk free
The political prisoner can be “pardoned” if “it is proved the damage he caused with the tax fraud has been repaid.”
Bialiatski’s book banned in Belarus
The book by the political prisoner could “damage the image” of the country according to authorities. Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
Belarus: academic freedom persecuted
Authorities of Belarus want to join the Bologna process without changing their old-style system of education, and the thing they want the least is academic freedoms, writes Uladzimir Matskevich
Does public opinion exist in Belarus?
The whole system that should ensure a functioning public opinion in Belarus is perverted, writes