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‘Leanid Sudalenka Raised Many Issued Important For Belarus At World Level’

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‘Leanid Sudalenka Raised Many Issued Important For Belarus At World Level’

The BAJ has summarized the results of the year.

The annual summing up of the work of the largest organization of journalists, the Belarusian Association of Journalists, has finished in Minsk, Radio Racyya reports.

The leaders of the organization mentioned the difficulties the journalistic community had to overcome for the protection of freedom of speech in Belarus. But there was positive news as well, according to leader of the Hrodna branch of the BAJ Volha Korsun. Solidarity with colleagues remains in the priorities of the branch, says Volha Korsun:

- The Hrodna journalists showed great solidarity with their colleagues from the TV channel Belsat, when they made a joint statement in support and protection of colleagues Ales Dzianisau and Aliaksei Kairys who were subjected to searches and threatened with opening criminal proceedings.

In the Homel branch, journalists Kanstantsin Zhukouski, Andrei Tolchyn and Larysa Shchyrakova suffered the most in financial terms under article 22.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (manufacturing information products). Homel also had a lot of positive news, where in 2018 a cell of the best regional structure was created, according to the BAJ jury. The chairman of the BAJ Homel branch Mikalai Bianko has said the following:

- Member of our branch Leanid Sudalenka received a very prestigious award from the hands of the Minister of Justice of France - the Equal, Brotherhood, Freedom Medal. Leanid Sudalenka raised the problems of our members - Article 22.9 and other issues — at the global level.

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