Belarus. The quantitative media results of the year 2018

15 — jour­nal­ists have been charged in the BelTA case 

14 months — in cus­tody spent by Reg­num case defen­dants before tri­al on charges of incit­ing eth­nic and social hatred or dis­cord .

31 — cas­es of jour­nal­ists detained by law enforce­ment bod­ies.

10 — deten­tions led to place­ment jour­nal­ists in cus­tody for up to 3 days.

26 — search­es in jour­nal­ists’ and blog­gers’ apart­ments, and media offices.

118 — fines imposed on free­lance jour­nal­ists for col­lab­o­rat­ing with for­eign media with­out accred­i­ta­tion. 

43, 000 Euro — is the total amount of fines imposed on jour­nal­ists work­ing with for­eign media with­out accred­i­ta­tion. 

62, 000, 000 Euro  — allo­cat­ed for state-owned mass media fund­ing in 2019 in the nation­al bud­get.

(Info­graph­ics of fund­ing since 2009)

155 — (out of 180) is the rank­ing of Belarus in the World Press Free­dom Index by Reporters With­out Bor­ders.