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  • Huge Fines Imposed on Freelance Journalists Zhukouski and Tolchyn in Petrykau

    The judge of Petrykau District Court Andrei Bahdanik found a freelance journalist from Homiel Kastus Zhukouski guilty of ‘illegal production of mass media products’ for ‘Belsat’ TV channel on the grounds of article 22.9 part 2 of Belarus Code on Administrative Offenses and fined him 40 base amounts that equals 920 Belarusian rubles (around EUR 400). 

    It is for the 8th time this year that the free­lance jour­nal­ist Kas­tus Zhuk­ous­ki has been pun­ished for free­lance jour­nal­ism in Belarus. The total sum of fines, imposed on the free­lance reporter has totaled 7 130 Belaru­sian rubles (around EUR 3 100) since the year start.

    Anoth­er free­lance jour­nal­ist Andrei Tolchyn has been fined 40 base amounts for assist­ing Kas­tus Zhuk­ous­ki in pro­duc­ing video footage on the run-down state of res­i­den­tial build­ings in the for­mer mil­i­tary set­tle­ment of Myshanka.

     

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