At a 24 February meeting with employees of the Belarus State Radio and Television, President Lukashenko said: “When one watches or listens to your programs the question unfortunately arises too often: where does this militant incompetence come from, this obvious reluctance to support the political course of the President of this nation?” After recognizing the […]
At a 24 February meeting with employees of the Belarus State
Radio and Television, President Lukashenko said: “When one
watches or listens to your programs the question unfortunately
arises too often: where does this militant incompetence come
from, this obvious reluctance to support the political course of
the President of this nation?” After recognizing the importance
of the freedom of the press, he added: “You work for a state
radio-television company… and this obliges you to do everything
for the benefit of our state.”
Recommended Action
Please write to the authorities in Belarus:
recognition of freedom of expression, which is one of the
foundations of democracy
construed as a threat amounting to a new form of government
censorship
political ends
Appeals To
President Alexander Lukashenko
Minsk 220010
Belarus Republic
Fax: +70 172 23 58 25
