Belarus adopts restrictive media law amendments, blocks websites
December 23, 2014 2:51 PM ET
New York, December 23, 2014--The Belarusian parliament adopted amendments to a restrictive media law last week, and President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed them on December 20, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the broad and...
Belarusian journalist held by the KGB on espionage charges
December 8, 2014 5:09 PM ET
New York, December 8, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called for the immediate release of journalist Aleksandr Alesin, who according to news reports is being held by the Belarusian national security service, known as the KGB....
In Belarus, journalist charged with libeling Lukashenko
July 2, 2012 3:37 PM ET
New York, July 2, 2012--Andrzej Poczobut, the prominent Grodno-based correspondent for the largest Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, was formally indicted Saturday on criminal charges of libeling President Aleksandr Lukashenko through a series of articles critical of administration policies....
In Belarus, journalist arrested, charged with libel
June 21, 2012 3:35 PM ET
New York, June 21, 2012--Authorities in Belarus must drop the charges against a prominent journalist arrested today for libel against the president, and immediately release him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Andrzej Poczobut has been targeted in...
Attacks on the Press in 2011: Profiles in Freedom
February 21, 2012 11:35 PM ET
How does one negotiate the choice to stay and report potentially dangerous news, rather than take a less risky assignment, leave the profession, or flee the country? The recipients of the 2011 International Press Freedom Awards explain. By Kristin...
Belarusian website Charter 97 attacked, shut down
December 30, 2011 2:43 PM ET
It's not unusual for Charter 97, a Belarusian pro-opposition news website, to be disrupted online. CPJ has documented intimidations, threats, and arrests against its staff members, the murder of its founder, and denial-of-service attacks against the website....
Awardees to their colleagues: Buck the system
November 23, 2011 11:49 AM ET
The Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria might seem like an odd venue to stage a call for resistance. Nine hundred people in tuxedos and gowns. Champagne and cocktails. Bill Cunningham snapping photos. This combination is generally more likely...
The 10 Tools of Online Oppressors
May 2, 2011 8:45 AM ET
The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school techniques. From China’s high-level malware attacks to Syria’s brute-force imprisonments, this may be only the dawn of online oppression....
Attacks on the Press 2010: Europe and Central Asia Analysis
February 15, 2011 12:52 AM ET
On the Runet, Old-School Repression Meets New By Nina Ognianova and Danny O'Brien Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has often talked about the importance of a free press and free Internet, telling reporters before his election that the Web "guarantees the...
More raids on journalists' homes amid Belarus crackdown
January 12, 2011 3:53 PM ET
New York, January 12, 2011--As part of an ongoing assault on the independent press in Belarus, KGB agents in Minsk raided the apartments of imprisoned journalist Irina Khalip and her mother, Lyutsina Khalip, and took the journalist's computer, the independent news website Charter...