Ranked 194th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Legal regulation in the field of freedom of expression became more stringent as a result of abrupt introduction of amendments to the already undemocratic law ‘On Mass Media’ in December 2014.
Belarusian Association of Journalists
31 December 2014
"Wiretapping by state security agencies limits the right to free private discussion"
Freedom House
1 May 2014
Ranked 193rd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2014
"Apparatus of repression"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2014
"KGB fails to substantiate charges in teddy bear case"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
Ranked 157th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
31 January 2014
Court deems photo contest "extremist", KGB demands prints destroyed
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
The European Union should use its upcoming meeting with the Belarusian foreign minister to reinforce tough and principled human rights demands on the government, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch
21 July 2013
Ranked 193rd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
"Academic freedom is subject to intense state ideological pressures, and institutions that use a liberal curriculum or are suspected of disloyalty face harassment and liquidation"
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Policy paper on digital challenges to freedom of expression in Belarus
Index on Censorship
4 January 2013
Freedom of expression and assembly so repressed protestors can only clap hands to show dissent
Reporters Without Borders
2 May 2012
"Revolution through social networks" has "spread like wildfire"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2012
Europe's most repressive regime for press
Committee to Protect Journalists
21 February 2012
President uses media as "scapegoat for all of his country’s problems"
Reporters Without Borders
25 January 2012
"Authorities continue to severely curtail the right to assemble peacefully"
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2012