Gazeta Slonimskaya, an independent weekly journal in Belarus, has been threatened with eviction by state authorities.
In what many see as a linked event in Belarus’s crackdown on independent media, Uladzimir Uladashchuk, editor of Gazeta Slonimskaya, has been called up for army training, commencing on 20 May. The journal has until 1 June to find new premises.
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Independent weekly threatened
Gazeta Slonimskaya, an independent weekly journal in Belarus, has been threatened with eviction by state authorities. In what many see as a linked event in Belarus’s crackdown on independent media, Uladzimir Uladashchuk, editor of Gazeta Slonimskaya, has been called up for army training, commencing on 20 May. The journal has until 1 June to find […]
07 May 08
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