Freelancer Fined 690 BYN in Orsha

The jour­nal­ist had spent the night in the deten­tion facil­i­ty; the police did not allow hand­ing over drinks and warm clothes to her. She start­ed feel­ing unwell dur­ing the hear­ing, for which the process was briefly inter­rupt­ed.

Kat­siary­na Bakhvala­va was charged with arti­cles 22.9 and 23.4 of the Code on Admin­is­tra­tive Offences (vio­la­tion of the media law and dis­obe­di­ence to police’s demands). The judge heard the wit­ness Pavel Char­ni­aus­ki, who had per­formed the deten­tion.

The judge for­bid video record­ing and made all jour­nal­ists put the equip­ment on the floor. She also promised to move every­one out when she found out that every­thing had been broad­cast on the web.

The judge based in her con­clu­sion that the jour­nal­ist had been record­ing video with a logo of a chan­nel unreg­is­tered  in Belarus (Bel­sat).

Radio Svabo­da Jour­nal­ist Fined 575 BYN

Police Inter­fere with Jour­nal­ists Work at Region­al Protest Actions