Censorship in ByNet
On February 1, Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed a decree imposing censorship on the Internet. The decree takes effect on July 1. Reporters without Borders, an international human rights organization, states Belarus will be put on the list of Enemies of the Internet, joining such countries as China, North Korea, Burma, and Iran. Will Belarusian Internet users be able to defend their right to receive and give free information?
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Topic: Censorship in ByNet
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16:06 Charter97.org website blocked on Plant of Tractor Parts in Babruisk
Access to our website has been blocked on Babruisk's biggest plant.
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12:49 Passport control for Internet use will be replaced by video surveillance 82
A resolution will be adopted by the end of the year allowing the owner of internet-cafes to identify users by the means of videotaping.
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15:45 Department of journalism’s students complain about charter97.org website blocking (Photo) 33
Access to charter97.org website is blocked in the Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University.
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9:05 Cyberarms of Belarusian KGB photo 152
Investigation of charter97.org and electroname.com hacking before the new Year has yielded overwhelming results.
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16:22 25 websites, among them Charter, on blacklist (Photo) 73
As of October 2011, 25 websites are included in the restricted access list.
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16:45 Dunja Mijatovic: I will not stop until journalists in Belarus are safe 13
The OCSE Representative on Freedom of the Media sent a letter to Natallya Radzina, the editor of charter97.org website.
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12:16 Natallya Radzina: “Is it a crime to be a journalist?” 51
The past year is the year of big losses for charter97.org website. It was the year of criminal cases, raids, arrests, and death of journalist.
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14:48 Unidentified users created fake websites in the .in domain 33
As our readers shared when trying to access our website they were redirected to a fake website charter97.in.
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16:17 Third criminal case initiated against charter97.org website 44
In the framework of this criminal case computers confiscated from the office of the website are to be examined again.
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10:43 Cases against independent journalists are in Minsk Prosecutor’s Office 37
The Minsk Prosecutor’s Office has requested the criminal case against Natallya Radzina, Iryna Khalip, Maryna Koktysh, and Svyatlana Kalinkina.
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13:36 A draft law on responsibility for violation of Decree on Internet has been prepared in Belarus 25
It is planned to introduce administrative responsibility for violation of provisions of Decree No.60.
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13:09 Dunja Mijatovic against Internet censorship in Belarus 4
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media made a statement on the Belarusian law on the Internet.
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16:01 Lukashenka: We do not have censorship like Russia has
Journalists are murdered in Belarus. And the dictator, who had been destroying freedom of expression for 16 years of his rule, says there is no censorship in the country.
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9:29 Berlin makes objections against Decree on internet censorship in Belarus 5
German authorities are “seriously concerned” by a possible curbing freedom of mass media and freedom of information after Lukashenka’s Decree #60 coming into force.
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10:35 Internet users to pay for limiting of access to information 80
All expenses connected with filtering of “prohibited” information would be paid by common users.
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14:55 All Internet shops will be checked in Belarus 12
The necessity of monitoring is explained by the fact that Internet shops “do not adhere to the legislation in full”.
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12:38 Charter’97 website hit by strongest DDoS attack ever
The Charter’97 website survived the strongest DDoS attack it has ever met.
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8:57 Deutsche Welle: Forbidden Bynet to be launched in September 9
Any websites, undesirable for the state ideological machine, can be put on the “black list” in Belarus.
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10:31 Belarusian Internet resource accused of “insult” and “libel” 11
The popular regional website vialejka.org hasn’t been working for a week. Two criminal cases are initiated.
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8:49 Full text of Internet censorship regulation released in Belarus 26
The full force of Internet censorship will be applied from September 1, closer to the presidential elections.
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12:04 Two criminal cases opened against visitors of Belarusian vialejka.org website? 7
The website vialejka.org has stopped working after a criminal case on libel and insulting was initiated.
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15:43 Prosecutors and militia interested how charter97.org functions 56
The first day of coming into force the decree on Internet censorship was marked by questioning of a well-known journalist Natallya Radzina.
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10:01 Decree on Internet comes in force, charter97.org called to prosecutor’s office 27
Natallya Radzina is to appear in the investigation department of the Minsk prosecutor’s office on July 1.
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8:53 Fine for “Freedom to Internet!” photo 7
Participants of the meeting for free Internet spent the night in prison and then stood trial.
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9:33 Belarusian national Bolsheviks detained for protests against decree #60 (Photo) 12
The national Bolsheviks organized a street action in Minsk in the evening of June 23 against decree #60 on regulation of the Internet.
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13:02 Anonymous Wi-Fi hotspots in Belarus outlawed 39
New regulations oblige users of Wi-Fi and home area networks to present passports.
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15:43 A Chinese variant of Internet censorship to be in Belarus 76
A draft document of the government's encatment drawn up by the Ministry of Communications together with the Operative Analyical Centre under the president have enactment has come to hand of journalists.
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9:47 Criminal responsibility for violating decree on Internet 94
A draft law providing for administrative and criminal responsibility for violation of Decree #60 is being worked out.
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15:40 Iryna Khalip: "It's high time to finish all this story" 42
A journalist Iryna Khalip was interrogated in the police department of Pershamajski district today.
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15:17 Rules of restricting access to Internet being work out in Belarus 62
The rules of restricting access to the Internet are being worked out in Belarus.
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19:10 Natallya Radzina: People fed up with lies 42
It’s difficult for me to describe the 16 years that Belarus has suffered under the dictatorship of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
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10:07 Belarusian internet cafes to be bound to spy upon visitors 32
Such a requirement is contained in the decree of the government number 647 of April 29, 2010.
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11:25 Aleh Vouchak: “Belarusian secret services don’t know how real Belarusian army officer can behave” 10
The co-chairman of the organizing committee on creating the association of war veterans “Defenders of Motherland” commented on initiating a criminal case over comments on the charter97.org website.
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15:04 Criminal case opened for a comment on charter97.org website 63
In the comments to articles at charter97.org website the Prosecutor-General’s Office discovered "insults and defamation".
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14:30 Belarusian journalists: “Does Europe wait until we are killed?” (Video) 83
Pressure on independent journalists have increased in Belarus – searches, interrogations, initiating more and more new criminal cases.
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13:29 Belarus is Internet’s black hole (Photo) 24
Belarus occupies top places in annual lists of Internet enemies released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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15:26 Belarusian Internet service providers prepared for Internet censorship 35
Internet provider "Alternative digital network" is ready to render services for filtering internet-traffic even now.
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14:18 Lukashenka controls attacks on opposition websites? 55
The Belarusian ruler made a statement about searches of independent journalists in Belarus.
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16:08 Great interrogation: Belarusian authorities against journalists 45
Independent journalists Natallya Radzina, Svyatlana Kalinkina and Iryna Khalip have been summoned to the Interior Affairs Department of Pershamajski district of Minsk on April 2.
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17:16 Belarusian officials on list of potential “Internet enemies” 10
Reporters Without Borders are concerned over the decree on Internet censorship signed by Lukashenka.
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10:25 World Day Against Cyber Censorship marked today 4
This day was proposed to be observed by Reporters Without Borders to attract attention of the public to the problem of free access to the Internet worldwide.
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12:09 OSCE fears the Belarusian law on Internet is directed against independent websites 3
The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has prepared an expert examination of Lukashenka’s decree on Internet censorship.
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11:34 Zmitser Bandarenka: “Today Internet hinders Belarusian authorities a lot” 12
“European Belarus” civil campaign coordinator Zmitser Bandarenka has been interrogated by police today.
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12:27 Belarusian secret services received unlimited access to databases of telephone companies 76
The KGB (State Security Committee) and the Operating Analytical Centre (OAC) under Lukashenka’s administration are penetrating into the work of cell phone companies by installing special equipment.
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8:40 Pyatkevich: Ideologists must provide information, not oppositional websites 108
Besides, ideologists should act more artfully, believes the deputy head of Lukashenka’s administration.
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13:58 Yarmoshyna says authorities hold monopoly on electronic media 9
This statement was made at the seminar “Role of Mass Media in Electoral Campaigns”.
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11:23 Decree number 60 is not binding for official websites? 9
It looks as if norms of the decree about censorship on the Internet should apply only to oppositional websites.
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14:00 Has dictator “privatized” .by domain zone? 24
By one decree Lukashenka has made so many problems and inconsistencies in ByNet, that the mess is to be cleaned up for many years.
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14:25 Access to Internet cafes upon presentation of passport planned 36
The Ministry of Communications says visitors of Internet cafe will have to show their passports for identification.
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9:09 European Union: Decree on Internet and Eastern Partnership are interconnected 4
Lukashenka’s decree on the Internet will influence Belarus–EU relations.
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