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).

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On a razor’s edge - new law stifles online media in Belarus


Young people hooked on ICT in Belarus. Photo: Palasatka/Belarus

21.06.2010
From 1 July in Belarus, all online information sources, networks and Internet systems hosted inside the country will be forced to register. Will the new law decapitate growing online media and civil society in the country? Iryna Vidanava, Belarusian journalist, looks at the possible repercussions of the new law

20 years after the Berlin Wall, Belarus still struggles


Reproduction of old poster from Belarus. Photo: IMS

09.11.2009
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


09.11.2009

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


16.10.2009
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.
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