Belarus blacklists six papers
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Authorities in the former Soviet republic of Belarus have suspended six independent newspapers over the past two weeks, the country s journalists association said.
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A court in Minsk Wednesday hastily sentenced 11 protesters for participating in demonstrations over voting in Belarus last weekend, news agencies said.
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MINSK, Belarus - Opposition figures and election observers on Monday said widespread violations riddled a referendum that scrapped presidential term limits, allowing President Alexander Lukashenko to run for another term.
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The reported September 16 decision by the Belarusian Ministry of Justice to file a lawsuit aimed at closing the Belarus Helsinki Committee is just the latest example of longstanding government persecution of a ...
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MINSK, October 21. (RIA Novosti s Larisa Sayenko) All Russians who come to the Belarussian capital are amazed by the flood of propaganda, which on all the three state-owned TV channels praises the country s ...
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The European Union (EU) says it plans to plunge Belarus further into isolation by banning officials responsible for "fraudulent elections" and violence against opposition supporters from its territory.
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Europe's papers today grapple with an empty handed WMD hunt, French occupation revisionism and Basque separatism
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Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, criticized in the West for his authoritarian tendencies, presented the public with a new memorial to Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky at a ceremony in the ...
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New York, December 14, 2004âTwo prominent writers and defenders of imprisoned journalists in China were taken from their homes yesterday, Monday, December 13, and interrogated about articles they had written for overseas Internet sites.
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Monday's papers tackle a controversial Swiss asylum bill, street protests in Hungary and a new statement from Basque separatist group Eta.
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The United Nations demanded Belarus free an American arrested while working on a United Nations project in the ex-Soviet republic, but the country's spy service on Thursday insisted the man was not protected by ...
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration may impose sanctions against leaders of the former Soviet republic of Belarus as part of a broader range of punitive measures, the State Department said Thursday.
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Police clash with opposition activists, who protest against the nationwide referendum preliminary results in a square near the presidential administration, in Minsk, Belarus, Oct 18, 2004.
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RSFâs third annual worlwide press freedom index says East Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom records EU members among the first 40; Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia lag behind.
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Police in ex-Soviet Belarus dispersed a protest on Monday by about 2,000 entrepreneurs denouncing President Alexander Lukashenko's decree that places restrictions on hiring staff.
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The government of Belarus' persistent violations of human rights and democracy have unfortunately isolated Belarus from the world community rather than leading it to the respected position Belarus should ...
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The European Parliament today awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAZh). The prize is the European Union's top human rights award.