Belarus
State-controlled media in Belarus pose a serious challenge to independent media as they have the financial muscle to introduce new means of information technology making better and leaner media production. In this environment, IMS supports independent media and an agenda for press freedom through cooperation between the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), the Danish Union of Journalists and the international federation of Journalists (IFJ).
Archive
- 20 years after the Berlin Wall, Belarus still struggles
- For Free and Fair Media in Belarus, Assessment report 2009
- International pressure on Belarus government to improve press freedom
- Statement of the International Mission to the Republic of Belarus 20-24 september 2009
- A little bit of Europe in Belarus: A meeting of youth media journalists
- International media organisations call for more press freedom in Belarus
- Photographer provides rare window to Belarusian culture
- Belarus Monitoring of EU-Belarus dialogue 02-2009
- Civil society in Belarus urge further dialogue despite slow progress
- Belarusian media activist joins Danish campaign for women
- Call to international journalists: Look for the other story about Belarus
- An uneven playing field for independent media
- Media Monitoring in Belarus: Parliamentary Election 2004 Coverage in the Belarusian Mass Media
- Election information, Belarus election 2008
- Homepage of Association of Journalists in Belarus, BAJ:
- Iryna Vidanava joins the campaign for Millenium Development Goal 3 concerning women's rights, initiated by the Danish Minister f
- Link to site on MDG 3 campaign, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Report by IFJ on the media coverage of presidential election 2006
- Report: "Belarusian media coverage of the 2007 local elections"; homepage of Belarus Association of Journalists
- Reportage fra Hviderusland af Djs kommunikationschef Esben Ørberg, maj 2008
- Young generation in Belarus, Generation Y - homepage
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20 years after the Berlin Wall, Belarus still struggles
While much of Europe celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the freedoms that followed in the wake of this, not all countries of the former eastern bloc can claim ascension into democracy. “There is a need for international pressure to focus on human rights in Belarus,” says Andrei Aliaksandrau of the Belarus Association for Journalists
For Free and Fair Media in Belarus, Assessment report 2009
The report For Free and Fair Media in Belarus (October 2009) by IMS and international freedom of expression and media support organisations calls for reforms and the removal of restrictions on media in Belarus. The aim of the report is to ensure that press freedom remains at the heart of the EU’s human rights dialogue with the Belarusian government
International pressure on Belarus government to improve press freedom
New joint report from a group of international press freedom and media support organisations calls for reforms and the removal of restrictions on media in Belarus
Statement of the International Mission to the Republic of Belarus 20-24 september 2009
15.10.2009
Joint Statement of the International Mission to the Republic of Belarus, 20 - 24 September 2009.
Joint Statement of the International Mission to the Republic of Belarus, 20 - 24 September 2009.
A little bit of Europe in Belarus: A meeting of youth media journalists
More than 50 per cent of young Belarusians aged 18 to 24 have never spoken to a foreigner. Iryna Vidanava of the Belarusian youth magazine 34Mag reports on a unique meeting in Minsk, where youth magazine editors from Western Europe met their Belarusian counterparts to share experiences and bridge the gap