BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/03/2010

Belarusian journalists under attack

Police in Belarus have raided independent newspapers and some of the journalists who work for them, according to several press freedom groups. The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) says the authorities are declaring its press cards illegal and several of its members have been harassed in recent weeks.

On 16 March, Minsk police raided the offices of the news website Charter 97, the newspaper Narodnaya Vola, and the homes of three journalists to confiscate computers.

The raids are linked to coverage of the prosecution of three police officers and abuses by the head of the interior ministry's anti-corruption and organised crime department.

Source: IFEX

Source:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/mar/25/press-freedom-belarus


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