1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/CPJ denounces closure of independent weekly newspaper - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tq5UiY7KNj"><a href="https://cpj.org/2001/11/cpj-denounces-closure-of-independent-weekly-newspa/">CPJ denounces closure of independent weekly newspaper</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2001/11/cpj-denounces-closure-of-independent-weekly-newspa/embed/#?secret=tq5UiY7KNj" width="600" height="338" title="“CPJ denounces closure of independent weekly newspaper” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="tq5UiY7KNj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, November 13, 2001—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) denounced a Belarusian High Economic Court decision to shut down the Hrodno-based independent weekly Pahonya. Yesterday the court found Pahonya guilty of insulting President Aleksandr Lukashenko and publishing the statements of an unregistered civic organization, according to local and international press reports. The newspaper had…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif